Garden of Eden (1954)

War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.

Director:

Max Nosseck

Writers:

Max Nosseck, Nat Tanchuck

Stars:

Mickey Knox, Jamie O'Hara, Karen Sue Trent

Cast

Credited cast:
Mickey Knox	...	Johnny Patterson
Jamie O'Hara	...	Susan Latimore
Karen Sue Trent	...	Joan Latimore
R.G. Armstrong	...	J. Randolph Latimore
Jane Rose
Paula Morris
Stephen Gray
Arch Johnson	...	(as Arch W. Johnson)
Norval E. Packwood
Jane Starling
John Royal
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Gude	...	John Roy

Storyline

War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.

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Plot Keywords:

nudist | nudist camp | nudism

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 1955 (France)

Also Known As:

Edens lustgård

Filming Locations:

Lake Como, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Excelsior Pictures Corp.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to historian Eric Schaefer, this was the first film about nudism shot in color.

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Connections

Referenced in Naked in the 21st Century (2004)

User Reviews

An innocent nudie flick with a memorable song: Let's Go Sunnin'

At 11 I was the youngest member of Local B22 of the Theatrical and Stagehands Union in Seattle who worked at the El Rancho Drive-in Theater between Auburn and Kent in Washington State. The Honey Drive-in Theater chain booked this film into our little farm-community where it was a real cause celebre. The family had a council to determine if I would work as a speaker repairman that week. It was determined that a little T & A would not harm me. I had great status with my junior high school buddies for having seen the film not once but twice a day for a week. The chain never booked a nudie film in our theater again.

There was a song called "Let's Go Sunnin'" which I inadvertently memorized and can sing, poorly, to this day. The song was resurrected in a commercial for the San Diego Visitor's Bureau that played throughout the Northeast USA during at least 1998 through 2000.