The Crimson Gardenia

The Crimson Gardenia

60 mins | Drama, Adventure | June 14, 1919

Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns out to be a long-lost cousin) who was to meet Le Duc, who was to be wearing a red gardenia. It turns out that Le Duc is the head of a vicious gang of counterfeiters, and Roland winds up getting in more adventures than he had hoped for.

The Crimson Gardenia

60 mins | Drama, Adventure | June 14, 1919

The Crimson Gardenia
Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns out to be a long-lost cousin) who was to meet Le Duc, who was to be wearing a red gardenia. It turns out that Le Duc is the head of a vicious gang of counterfeiters, and Roland winds up getting in more adventures than he had hoped for.
Producers Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Rex Beach Pictures Company
Original title The Crimson Gardenia
Directors Reginald Barker
Writers Rex Beach

Cast

Owen Moore

as Roland Van Dam

Hedda Nova

as Madelon Dorette

Hector V. Sarno

as Emile Le Duc

Sydney Deane

as Papa la Forge (as Sidney Deane)

Tully Marshall

as Alfred le Duc

Gertrude Claire

as Mere Felice

Alec B. Francis

as Mr. Banniman

Sidney Ainsworth

as Francois

Edwin Stevens

as Jean

Betty Schade

as Eleanor Banniman

Kate Lester

as Mrs. Banniman