06 March 1927 Comedy, Romance 70 mins
Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who dreams of marrying rich. Her constant daydreaming of wealth annoys her fellow workers, and ruins the heart of one of her worshiping colleagues.
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Colleen Moore as 'Pink' Watson
Jack Mulhall as Richard Tabor
Mickey Rooney as Mickey McGuire
Gwen Lee as Ermintrude
Sam Hardy as Hank
Hedda Hopper as The Modiste
Alma Bennett as The Vamp
Kate Price as Mrs. McGinnis
Jed Prouty as Leander Blom
Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Blom
Carolynne Snowden as Hattie
Yola d'Avril as Telephone Operator
Brooks Benedict as Chauffeur
Bobby Doyle as Bell Hop
Fred Kelsey as Police Sergeant
George J. Folsey Director of Photography
Alfred Santell Director
Carey Wilson Story
John McCormick Presenter
Carey Wilson Scenario Writer
Ralph Spence Title Illustration
United States 06 March 1927
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Pink Watson (Colleen Moore) anhela tener lujos como orquídeas y pieles de armiño lo que la lleva a trabajar en un hotel atendiendo a gente adinerada.
Mickey Rooney and Colleen Moore in Orchids and Ermine. His first feature appearance 1927.
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13 May 1927
The story takes place in Corsica, where a young business woman (Jacqueline Forzane) tries to construct an electric system for her steel plant.
19 February 1927
Cartoon animals frolic in a winter wonderland. Meanwhile, their keeper tries to make things safe and orderly.
20 February 1927
On a train bound for New York, where she hopes to find work, Honey McNeil captures the appreciative eye of William Ogden, a financier, who offers her a job.
20 February 1927
Wimpy sailor boy Billy Epsom has just arrived from New Guinea with a guinea pig in a box for his sweetheart.
27 November 1927
Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
18 November 1927
The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.
27 August 1927
Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.
17 November 1927
The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor.
16 December 1927
Poor Pete the Pup. He wants to hang himself because his master, Joe, has given up playing with him and going fishing for the love of a girl.
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