A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire.
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Cast
| Cast overview: | |||
| Colleen Moore | ... | 'Pink' Watson | |
| Jack Mulhall | ... | Richard Tabor | |
| Sam Hardy | ... | Hank | |
| Gwen Lee | ... | Ermintrude | |
| Alma Bennett | ... | The Vamp | |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | The Modiste | |
| Kate Price | ... | Mrs. McGinnis | |
| Jed Prouty | ... | Leander Blom | |
| Emily Fitzroy | ... | Mrs. Blom | |
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Carolynne Snowden | ... | Hattie (as Caroline Snowden) |
| Yola d'Avril | ... | Telephone Operator | |
| Brooks Benedict | ... | Chauffeur | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Mickey McGuire (as Joe Yule Jr.) | |
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Bobby Doyle | ... | Bell Hop |
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A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire.
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Country:
USARelease Date:
6 March 1927 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Colleen Moore was one of the really great comediennes of the silent era. Orchids and Ermine shows her off at her very best. Her puzzlement at the appearance of Mickey Rooney is worth the movie by itself. And when she rejects the fresh overtures of Jack Mulhall and leaves with her dignity intact, it is not difficult to see why he would chase her through New York City in a driving rain, board a double-decker bus, pay the bus driver to catch up with her bus, and then leap from the top of his bus to hers in order to explain himself. What male would not be smitten? When true love triumphs in the end it hardly seems contrived. Surely no male, rich or poor, would ever consider life worth living without Colleen Moore.