Paper Orchid (novel)

Paper Orchid
Author	Arthur La Bern
Language	English
Genre	Crime thriller
Publisher	Marlowe
Publication date	1948
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

Last updated December 16, 2025

Paper Orchid is a 1948 crime novel by the British writer Arthur La Bern. He had made his name three years earlier with It Always Rains on Sunday and also enjoyed success with this novel set amongst newspaper journalists on Fleet Street.

Film adaptation

It was adapted into a 1949 film of the same title directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Hugh Williams and Hy Hazell.^[1]

References

↑ Goble p.270

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Mayer, Geoff. Roy Ward Baker. Manchester University Press, 2004.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

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[1] Goble p.270

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Paper Orchid (novel)

Contents

Film adaptation

References

Bibliography