Orphans of the Storm
A dramatic epic
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?
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Lillian Gish
Henriette Girard
Dorothy Gish
Louise Girard
Joseph Schildkraut
Chevalier de Vaudrey
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Frank Losee
Count de Linieres
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Katherine Emmet
Countess de Linieres
Morgan Wallace
Marquis de Praille
Lucille La Verne
Mother Frochard
Sheldon Lewis
Jacques Frochard
Frank Puglia
Pierre Frochard
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Creighton Hale
Picard
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Brian Benison
Composer
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Louis F. Gottschalk
Composer
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John Lanchbery
Composer
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William Frederick Peters
Composer
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Paul H. Allen
Cinematographer
G.W. Bitzer
Cinematographer
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Hendrik Sartov
Cinematographer
