Wild Orchids (DVD)

"Long before the word charisma became a cliche; Garbo was its quintessence" (James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers; The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era). To generations of fans and critics; Greta Garbo is the screen's greatest actress; greatest beauty and greatest mystery. The Swedish Sphinx conquered silents and talkies; and Wild Orchids showcases both her astonishing talent and her incomparable beauty. Garbo portrays Lillie Sterling; the neglected wife of an American businessman (Lewis Stone); who journeys into the exotic jungles of Java and into a steamy triangle of husband; wife and dashing plantation owner (Nils Asther). As passion flares; so does jealousy. Then the plantation owner and Lillie's husband embark on a tiger hunt...but the real prey may not be tigers.

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