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05/09/1923 Drama, Romance 2h 15m
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A love that outlived passion!

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.

  1. Henry King

    Director

  2. George V. Hobart

    Writer

  3. Charles E. Whittaker

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Lillian Gish

    Angela Chiaromonte

  2. Ronald Colman

    Capt. Giovanni Severi

  3. Gail Kane

    Marchesa di Mola

  4. J. Barney Sherry

    Monsignor Saracinesca

  5. Charles Lane

    Prince Chiaromonte

  6. Juliette La Violette

    Madame Bernard

  7. Gustavo Serena

    Prof. Ugo Severi

  8. Alfredo Bertone

    Filmore Durand

  9. Roman Ibanez

    Count del Ferice

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
Lilian Gish pulls out all the stops in this rather sad melodrama about the young daughter of "Prince Chiaromonte". She is his daughter by a second marriage, and when he dies in a riding accident - she finds herself cast out by her elder half-sister who has destroyed the old man's will. Luckily she has the love of "Capt. Severini" (Ronald Colman) but he is despatched to Africa before they can wed. Time passes slowly, she pines something terrible, so imagine her shock when she is informed by "Monsignor Saracinesca" (J. Barney Sherry) that he has been killed-in-action! She turns to the church for...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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