"The Love Affairs of a Heartless Woman" 01 January 1917 Drama, Horror 50 mins
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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Cleo Madison as Marie de Severac / Zoraida
Dick La Reno as Emile de Severac
Francis McDonald as George Renoir / 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
Joe Martin as Haitim-Tai
Rex Ingram Director
Duke Hayward Director of Photography
Rex Ingram Scenario Writer
Cleo Madison Story
United States 01 January 1917
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