Toni LeBrun is a small-town girl with a big voice who dreams of becoming an opera star. She travels to Budapest in hopes of getting a job at the Hungarian Opera House - but only a sleazy cabaret will have her. Humiliated after the boss tricks her into appearing on stage in her underclothes, Toni quits in a huff. She is taken in by Rosa, the wardrobe lady, who is secretly a baroness in exile. The two move into a hotel room in Monte Carlo, where Toni poses as Rosa's daughter. Posturing as royalty, she entertains multiple gentleman suitors - but it's only a matter of time before their money runs out and the deception is discovered. It'll take a real-life Prince Charming to rescue Toni from a life of poverty and pain...<P><P>This charming silent romantic comedy, a variation on the classic Cinderella story, is deftly directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lewis Milestone. An early triumph for the acclaimed director, in the following years he would direct such classics as <I>All Quiet on the Western Front</I> (1930), <I>The Front Page</I> (1931) and <I>Of Mice and Men</I> (1939). Cute-as-a-button ingenue Corrine Griffith, nicknamed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen", was exceedingly popular during the silent era. Though she more often appeared in serious dramas like <I>Black Oxen</I> (1923), <I>The Garden of Eden</I> "display(ed) Miss Griffith's beauty and her neat sense of fun to their very best advantages" in the words of Joe Franklin. Lowell Sherman, who later became a director and made fine pictures like <I>She Done Him Wrong</I> and <I>Morning Glory</I> (both 1933) is perfectly oily as a well-heeled seducer who is always trying to see Ms. Griffith in a state of undress. Add on stunning art deco sets designed by William Cameron Menzies, and <I>The Garden of Eden</I> is a sumptuous delight.