The White Sister

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Henry KingDirector
• George V. HobartWriter
• Joseph Carl BreilOriginal Music Composer
• Charles E. WhittakerWriter

Cast

• Lillian GishAngela Chiaromonte
• Ronald ColmanCapt. Giovanni Severi
• Gail KaneMarchesa di Mola
• J. Barney SherryMonsignor Saracinesca
• Charles LanePrince Chiaromonte
• Juliette La VioletteMadame Bernard
• Gustavo SerenaProf. Ugo Severi
• Alfredo BertoneFilmore Durand
• Roman IbanezCount del Ferice
• Alfredo MartinelliAlfredo del Ferice
• Ida Carloni TalliMother Superior
• Giovanni ViccolaGen. Mazzini

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