The White Sister (1923)
A love that outlived passion!
143 min
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.
- Release date
- September 5, 1923
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lillian Gish as Angela Chiaromonte
- Ronald Colman as Capt. Giovanni Severini
- Gail Kane as Marchesa di Mola
- J. Barney Sherry as Monsignor Saracinesca
- Charles Lane as Prince Chiaromonte
- Juliette La Violette as Madame Bernard
- Gustavo Serena as Prof. Ugo Severi
- Alfredo Bertone as Filmore Durand
- Roman Ibanez as Count del Ferice
- Alfredo Martinelli as Alfredo del Ferice
Crew
- Henry King · Director
- Francis Marion Crawford · Writer
- George V. Hobart · Writer
- Charles E. Whittaker · Writer
- Will M. Ritchey · Writer
- Henry King · Producer
- Garth Neustadter · Composer
- Roy F. Overbaugh · Cinematographer
- Duncan Mansfield · Editor