Black Orchids

The Love Affairs of a Heartless Woman

Black Orchids — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Horror, Drama
• Director
• Rex Ingram

Black Orchids — Cast

Cleo Madison Marie de Severac / Zoraida

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Dick La Reno Emile de Severac 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