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Wild Orchids (1929)

1929 · Feature film · 100 min · dir. Sidney Franklin

  • Romance
  • Adventure

Synopsis

Lillie Sterling comes with her husband, John, on a business trip to Java, expecting a second honeymoon. On the ship, she witnesses Javanese Prince De Gace mercilessly whipping a servant and shrinks in horror from the sight. When John is befriended by the Prince, who is very attracted to Lillie, she tries to have little to do with him. During a conversation in their room, John is called away to answer a wire, and the Prince steals a kiss in his absence, for which she slaps him. So she is…

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Details

Director
Sidney Franklin
Writer
Ruth Cummings
Cinematography
William H. Daniels
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released
1929-02-23
Running time
100 minutes

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