Black Orchids (1917)
The Love Affairs of a Heartless Woman
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.
- Date of release
- 1917-01-01
- TMDB
- 1.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Horror, Drama
- Director
- Rex Ingram
Casting
- Cleo Madison — Marie de Severac / Zoraida
- Dick La Reno — Emile de Severac
- Francis McDonald — George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
- Wedgwood Nowell — Marquis De Chantal
- Howard Crampton — Sebastian de Maupin
- William Dyer — Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc
- John George — Ali Bara
- Jean Hersholt
- Joe Martin — Haitim-Tai
Interesting facts
Black Orchids is a 1917 American silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram. The film was released as The Fatal Orchids in the United Kingdom. The feature stars Cleo Madison, Francis McDonald and Dick La Reno. Ingram later remade the film as Trifling Women (1922).
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