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Wild Orchids

1929100 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

Lillie accompanies her older husband to Java, where his business interests leave her increasingly isolated. Prince De Gace cultivates the husband's friendship while pursuing her. Attraction, coercion and jealousy become entangled as the prince's access to the couple turns a commercial journey into a dangerous personal triangle.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
99:44
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

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Cast

DirectorsSidney Franklin

Behind the scenes

The Garbo vehicle was made at MGM in California. Its synchronized score and effects accompany a story without spoken dialogue, placing the film within the transition from silent presentation to fully talking pictures.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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