The White Sister

The White Sister

135 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 5, 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 Sister

135 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 5, 1923

The White Sister
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Inspiration Pictures
Original title The White Sister
Directors Henry King
Writers George V. Hobart, Francis Marion Crawford, Charles E. Whittaker

Cast

Lillian Gish

as Angela Chiaromonte

Ronald Colman

as Capt. Giovanni Severi

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

Ida Carloni Talli

as Mother Superior

Giovanni Viccola

as Gen. Mazzini

Antonio Barda

as Alfredo's Tutor

Giacomo D'Attino

as Solicitor to the Prince

Michele Gualdi

as Solicitor to Count

Giuseppe Pavoni

as The Archbishop

Francesco Socinus

as Prof. Torricelli

Sheik Mahomet

as The Bedouin Chief

James E. Abbe

as Lt. Rossini

Duncan Mansfield

as Cmdr. Dorato