The White Sister

    The White Sister
    1923

    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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    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

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