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.
Movie: Black Orchids
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Marie de Severac / Zoraida
George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
Marquis De Chantal
Sebastian de Maupin
Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc
Ali Bara
Haitim-Tai
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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.
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