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The Crimson Gardenia

The Crimson Gardenia

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 14, 1919

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Adventure, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Crimson Gardenia

Production Companies

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Rex Beach Pictures Company

Director

Reginald Barker

Description

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.