The White Sister

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.

Directed by Henry King

Top cast

Lillian Gish

Angela Chiaromonte

Ronald Colman

Capt. Giovanni Severi

Gail Kane

Marchesa di Mola

J. Barney Sherry

Monsignor Saracinesca

Charles Lane

Prince Chiaromonte

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Juliette La Violette

Madame Bernard

Gustavo Serena

Prof. Ugo Severi

A

Alfredo Bertone

Filmore Durand

R

Roman Ibanez

Count del Ferice

Alfredo Martinelli

Alfredo del Ferice

I

Ida Carloni Talli

Mother Superior

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Giovanni Viccola

Gen. Mazzini

A

Antonio Barda

Alfredo's Tutor

G

Giacomo D'Attino

Solicitor to the Prince

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Michele Gualdi

Solicitor to Count

G

Giuseppe Pavoni

The Archbishop

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Francesco Socinus

Prof. Torricelli

S

Sheik Mahomet

The Bedouin Chief

J

James E. Abbe

Lt. Rossini

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Duncan Mansfield

Cmdr. Dorato

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