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Black Orchids (1917)

The Love Affairs of a Heartless Woman

Genre : Horror, Drama

Runtime : 50M

Director : Rex Ingram

Synopsis

Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father relates a story in which an equally frivolous woman is entombed alive. The movie was Rex Ingram’s directorial debut, and he later remade the film as Trifling Women in 1922. Black Orchids is considered to be a lost film.

Actors

Cleo Madison
Cleo Madison
Marie de Severac / Zoraida
Dick La Reno
Dick La Reno
Emile de Severac
Francis McDonald
Francis McDonald
George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
Wedgwood Nowell
Wedgwood Nowell
Marquis De Chantal
Howard Crampton
Howard Crampton
Sebastian de Maupin
William Dyer
William Dyer
Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc
John George
John George
Ali Bara
Jean Hersholt
Jean Hersholt
Joe Martin
Joe Martin
Haitim-Tai

Crews

Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
Director
Cleo Madison
Cleo Madison
Story
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
Scenario Writer
Duke Hayward
Duke Hayward
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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