I definitely see the beginning of the Hitchcock Touch in The Pleasure Garden. When the Gentleman removed his monocle the ladies dancing weren't in focus, then he brought his opera glasses up and the ladies' legs came into focus. We are being directed what to see by Mr. Hitchcock. This automarically reminded me of the scene in Psycho where Norman removes the picture hanging on the wall to reveal the peephole where he watches Marion.
In the very beginning of The Pleasure Garden, Mr. Hitchcock has the frame taped off, so all you see is the ladies coming down thw staircase. Again, this reminded me of the peephole scene in Psycho. You see Marion through the peephole; it's not a cut scene to her, but her through the peephole wall and all.
