07 Sep 1920
The Hope
An upper class melodrama.
The White Sister
A love that outlived passion!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Lillian Gish Angela Chiaromonte
Ronald Colman Capt. Giovanni Severi
Gail Kane Marchesa di Mola
J. Barney Sherry Monsignor Saracinesca
Charles Lane Prince Chiaromonte
Juliette La Violette Madame Bernard
Gustavo Serena Prof. Ugo Severi
Alfredo Bertone Filmore Durand
Roman Ibanez Count del Ferice
Alfredo Martinelli Alfredo del Ferice
Ida Carloni Talli Mother Superior
Giovanni Viccola Gen. Mazzini
Antonio Barda Alfredo's Tutor
Giacomo D'Attino Solicitor to the Prince
Michele Gualdi Solicitor to Count
Giuseppe Pavoni The Archbishop
Francesco Socinus Prof. Torricelli
Sheik Mahomet The Bedouin Chief
James E. Abbe Lt. Rossini
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