Wild Orchids

Wild Orchids (1929)

A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.

Date of release
1929-02-23
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Romance, Adventure
Director
Sidney Franklin

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.2M
  • Budget: $322.3K
  • Earned 3.6× its budget

Wild Orchids is a 1929 American synchronized sound drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone and Nils Asther. Only these three stars received cast credit. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The plot is very similar to Garbo's later sound film, The Painted Veil (1934).

Production

Production took place between October and November 1928 at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City, California (USA). During production, Garbo spent one day filming a cameo appearance for the James Cruze film A Man's Man. Production stills photographs were made by James Manatt and production portraits were taken by Ruth Harriet Louise in October 1928.

This is often listed as a "silent" film, but it is not. It was released as a non-talking sound film, with a complete orchestral score and sound effects, retained on both the VHS and DVD releases. Dialogue was conveyed via title cards, per the standard silent film convention.

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