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starring: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Pugliadirected by: Martin Ritt
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302443240
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302443245
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: July 29, 1992
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 40448
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
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Description:
Making artificial flowers as a way of coping with her great loss, Rose’s life changes when she meets widower Frank Valente, played by Academy Award™ winner Anthony Quinn. The two fall in love and decide to get married, but before they can say 'I do,' Frank must win over Rose’s daughter who does not approve of their union.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - My favorite!
This movie is wonderful. It is a drama (with a happy ending) and is a beautiful view of Italians in America. It is watching a real person struggling and trying to overcome all the hardships of life.
Warning! Spoilers!
It is a story of an Italian woman whose husband was murdered by the mafia, and her son who is living in a reform camp. she meets another Italian immigrant, and because of his kindness, begins to change her life. It really is a bittersweet movie, exploring the tragedies ... Read More
Rating:  - Good
Don't pay attention to the other reviews. This is a good movie and is about finding love the second time around. If you like romance you should like this movie. If not, it is probably not for you.
Rating:  - Black rose
A pair of Oscar-winning actors, and a comedy about two widowed people finding second love. Not much can go wrong, right? Well, sadly Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren are the main good things about "The Black Orchid," which desperately tries to cover up its shortness of plot.
Rose (Loren) is a young Italian-American mother, widowed when her husband was killed by mobsters. Since her love of luxury drove him to crime, Rose blames herself, and tries to amend by making artificial flowers to support ... Read More
Rating: - Mama I'm Happy
This movie has it all. Cheap sets, artificial lighting, melodramatic music and over-acting. Anthony Quinn is the only character that is remotely plausible and also the only reason I give this debacle 2 stars. If you are expecting a glamorous Sophia to make up for the movies flaws...don't. She spends the entire movie in basically the same black dress and pulled up hair-don't.
Rating: - Nothing bad here....
Quinn's character is likeable and realistic,if a little heavy-handed and rough around the edges, and Sophia is still sexy, despite her lack of variety in clothes and make-up. It's in her eyes. The other performances are, for the most part, all very good, and the story line is enough to hold your interest. Is it ultimately kinda soapy and melodramatic in spots? Yeah, it is. But never enough to ruin it. Just a kinda sappy feel-good flick.
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