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Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Orphans of the Storm
(1921)
Drama / Silent
120 minutes
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish as Henriette Girard
Dorothy Gish as Louise Girard
Joseph Schildkraut as Chevalier de Vaudrey
Frank Losee as Count de Linieres
Katherine Emmet as Countess de Linieres
Morgan Wallace as Marquis de Praille
Lucille La Verne as Mother Frochard
Sheldon Lewis as Jacques Frochard
Frank Puglia as Pierre Frochard
Creighton Hale as Picard
Monte Blue as Danton
Sidney Herbert as Robespierre
Lee Kohlmar as King Louis XVI
Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. They go to Paris to see if Louise’s blindness can be cured, but are separated when an aristocrat lusts after Henriette and abducts her. Only Chevalier de Vaudrey is kind to her, and they fall in love. The French Revolution replaces the corrupt aristocracy with the equally corrupt Robespierre. De Vaudrey, who has always been good to peasants, is condemned to death for being an aristocrat, and Henriette for harboring him. Will revolutionary hero Danton, the only voice for mercy in the new regime, be able to save them from the guillotine?
Directors: D.W. Griffith
Actors: Monte Blue, Lillian Gish, Frank Puglia, Joseph Schildkraut
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