Black Orchids (1917)

1.0/10 50 min Horror Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Cleo Madison

Marie de Severac / Zoraida

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

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