The White Sister (1923)
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.
The White SisterDrama, Romance
Cast
- Lillian Gish — Angela Chiaromonte
- Ronald Colman — Capt. Giovanni Severi
- Gail Kane — Marchesa di Mola
- J. Barney Sherry — Monsignor Saracinesca
- Charles Lane — Prince Chiaromonte
- Juliette La Violette — Madame Bernard
- Gustavo Serena — Prof. Ugo Severi
- Alfredo Bertone — Filmore Durand
- Roman Ibanez — Count del Ferice
- Alfredo Martinelli — Alfredo del Ferice
- Ida Carloni Talli — Mother Superior
- Giovanni Viccola — Gen. Mazzini
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