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The White Sister (1923)
Directed by Henry King
“A love that outlived passion!”
Drama, Romance · 2h 15m
Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a wealthy Italian prince who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Angela stands to inherit half of a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits everything herself, throwing Angela into poverty. Fortunately, Angela is engaged to marry dashing Captain Giovanni Severi - but he soon is captured by Arabs while on an expedition to Africa. Believing him dead, Angela, dedicating her life to his memory, becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and is returning to Italy. The dramatic climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Cast
Lillian Gish
Angela Chiaromonte
Ronald Colman
Capt. Giovanni Severi
Gail Kane
Marchesa di Mola
J. Barney Sherry
Monsignor Saracinesca
Charles Lane
Prince Chiaromonte
Gustavo Serena
Prof. Ugo Severi
Alfredo Martinelli
Alfredo del Ferice
Crew
- Director
- Henry King
- Writer
- George V. Hobart, Charles E. Whittaker
- Novel
- Francis Marion Crawford
- Director of Photography
- Roy F. Overbaugh
- Original Music Composer
- Joseph Carl Breil
- Editor
- Duncan Mansfield
- Producer
- Henry King
Details
- Release date
- 1923-09-05
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Inspiration Pictures