Black Orchids (1917)
The Love Affairs of a Heartless Woman
50 min
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.
- Release date
- January 1, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Cleo Madison as Marie de Severac
- Cleo Madison as Zoraida
- Dick La Reno as Emile de Severac
- Francis McDonald as George Renoir
- Francis McDonald as Ivan De Maupin
- Wedgwood Nowell as Marquis De Chantal
- Howard Crampton as Sebastian de Maupin
- William Dyer as Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc
- John George as Ali Bara
- Jean Hersholt
- Joe Martin as Haitim-Tai
Crew
- Rex Ingram · Director
- Cleo Madison · Writer
- Rex Ingram · Writer
- Duke Hayward · Cinematographer