The White Sister
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- Runtime
- 135 mins
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.
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
- Ronald Colman
- Gail Kane
- J. Barney Sherry
- Charles Lane
- Juliette La Violette
- Gustavo Serena
- Alfredo Bertone
- Roman Ibanez
- Alfredo Martinelli
- Ida Carloni Talli
- Giovanni Viccola
- Antonio Barda
- Giacomo D'Attino
- Michele Gualdi
- Giuseppe Pavoni
- Francesco Socinus
- Sheik Mahomet
- James E. Abbe
- Duncan Mansfield
Director
- Henry King
Producers
- Henry King