The Crimson Gardenia (1919)
60 min
Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns out to be a long-lost cousin) who was to meet Le Duc, who was to be wearing a red gardenia. It turns out that Le Duc is the head of a vicious gang of counterfeiters, and Roland winds up getting in more adventures than he had hoped for.
- Release date
- May 18, 1919
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Owen Moore as Roland Van Dam
- Hedda Nova as Madelon Dorette
- Hector V. Sarno as Emile Le Duc
- Sydney Deane as Papa la Forge
- Tully Marshall as Alfred le Duc
- Sidney Ainsworth as Francois
- Edwin Stevens as Jean
- Gertrude Claire as Mere Felice
- Betty Schade as Eleanor Banniman
- Alec B. Francis as Mr. Banniman
Crew
- Reginald Barker · Director
- Rex Beach · Writer
- Oliver T. Marsh · Cinematographer