while wild orchid be not a major classic and the film do illustrate the magic of the silents at their peak . within a few minute and director sidney franklin establish the vulnerable relationship between lewis stone and a businessman with an interest in commerce and hunting and and greta garbo and his younger and neglected wife . the couple embark on a sea voyage to java in search of tea plantation and and competition for garbo affection soon appear in the guise of an exotic prince . stone apparent and puzzle preoccupation with business over his beautiful wife be hard to fathom . garbo could be describe a stone trophy wife and and trophy she be . a garb by adrian and photograph by william h. daniel and garbo would be a prized trophy for any man or woman anywhere any time . once aboard ship and with the same economy of style use to illustrate the marriage of lillie and john sterling and franklin quickly sketch the character of nil asther and the javanese prince . garbo watch in horror a asther whip a servant outside his cabin and and his dark eye and pencil thin mustache speak volume . although too pretty and occasionally fey to be totally convincing a a lothario and asther work hard at befriend stone and seduce his wife . unfortunately and stone indifference towards his wife only help propel this film down a familiar road . the danish asther a the javanese prince de gace be as asian a the realm he rule and which be conjure in the frenzied mind of mgm art director . the welcome banquet be reminiscent of the feast in indiana jones and the temple of doom and but without the snake and eyeball . at one point and garbo don a local costume and and although she fail to charm her husband and she do presage her subsequent appearance and opposite stone once again and a mata hari . despite asther occasional lapse and the performance of the three lead be naturalistic . stone be always solid and dependable and and garbo and well and she be always captivate whenever on screen . while not among her great and wild orchid be vintage garbo and representative of silent film at their best and and worthy entertainment .