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.
Director: Henry King
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Lillian Gish as Angela Chiaromonte |
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Ronald Colman as Capt. Giovanni Severi |
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Gail Kane as Marchesa di Mola |
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J. Barney Sherry as Monsignor Saracinesca |
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Charles Lane as Prince Chiaromonte |
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Juliette La Violette as Madame Bernard |
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Gustavo Serena as Prof. Ugo Severi |
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Alfredo Bertone as Filmore Durand |
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Roman Ibanez as Count del Ferice |
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Alfredo Martinelli as Alfredo del Ferice |
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Ida Carloni Talli as Mother Superior |
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Giovanni Viccola as Gen. Mazzini |
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Antonio Barda as Alfredo's Tutor |
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Giacomo D'Attino as Solicitor to the Prince |
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Michele Gualdi as Solicitor to Count |
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Giuseppe Pavoni as The Archbishop |
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Francesco Socinus as Prof. Torricelli |
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Sheik Mahomet as The Bedouin Chief |
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James E. Abbe as Lt. Rossini |
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Duncan Mansfield as Cmdr. Dorato |
| Directing | Henry King | Director |
| Production | Joseph C. Boyle | Production Manager |
| Production | Henry King | Producer |
| Writing | George V. Hobart | Writer |
| Sound | Joseph Carl Breil | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Duncan Mansfield | Editor |
| Writing | Francis Marion Crawford | Novel |
| Writing | Charles E. Whittaker | Writer |
| Art | Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Camera | Roy F. Overbaugh | Director of Photography |
