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The White Sister( 1923)

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A love that outlived passion!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Lillian Gish

      Angela Chiaromonte

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      Ronald Colman

      Capt. Giovanni Severi

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      Gail Kane

      Marchesa di Mola

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      J. Barney Sherry

      Monsignor Saracinesca

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      Charles Lane

      Prince Chiaromonte

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      Juliette La Violette

      Madame Bernard

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      Gustavo Serena

      Prof. Ugo Severi

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      Alfredo Bertone

      Filmore Durand

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      Roman Ibanez

      Count del Ferice

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      Alfredo Martinelli

      Alfredo del Ferice

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      Ida Carloni Talli

      Mother Superior

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      Giovanni Viccola

      Gen. Mazzini

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      Antonio Barda

      Alfredo's Tutor

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      Giacomo D'Attino

      Solicitor to the Prince

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      Michele Gualdi

      Solicitor to Count

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      Giuseppe Pavoni

      The Archbishop

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      Francesco Socinus

      Prof. Torricelli

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      Sheik Mahomet

      The Bedouin Chief

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      James E. Abbe

      Lt. Rossini

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      Duncan Mansfield

      Cmdr. Dorato

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    Lilian Gish pulls out all the stops in this rather sad melodrama about the young daughter of "Prince Chiaromonte". She is his daughter by a second marriage, and when he dies in a riding accident - she finds herself cast out by her elder half-sister who has destroyed the old man's will. Luckily she has the love of "Capt. Severini" (Ronald Colman) but he is despatched to Africa before they can wed. Time passes slowly, she pines something terrible, so imagine her shock when she is informed by "Monsignor Saracinesca" (J. Barney Sherry) that he has been killed-in-action! She turns to the church for ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • nun
    • natural disaster
    • volcano
    • silent film
    • catholicism
    • convent (nunnery)
    • religious vow
    • ordination
    • vesuvius
    • holy orders
    • spite