Orphans of the Storm
28/12/1921
3h



France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
Cast


Lillian Gish
Henriette Girard


Dorothy Gish
Louise Girard


Joseph Schildkraut
Chevalier de Vaudrey


Creighton Hale
Picard


Monte Blue
Danton


Sidney Herbert
Robespierre


Lucille La Verne
Mother Frochard


Sheldon Lewis
Jacques Frochard


Frank Puglia
Pierre


Morgan Wallace
Marquis de Praille


Frank Losee
Count de Linieres


Leslie King
Jacques-Forget-Not


Katherine Emmet
Countess de Linieres


Flora Finch
A Starving Peasant (uncredited)


Louis Wolheim
Executioner (uncredited)


Marcia Harris
Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)


Lee Kohlmar
King Louis XVI (uncredited)


Kate Bruce
Sister Geneviève (uncredited)


Adolph Lestina
The Doctor (uncredited)


Kenny Delmar
The Chevalier - as a Boy
Herbert Sutch
Meat Carver at Festival
Fay Marbe
Dancer (uncredited)


Frank O'Connor
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jill Rainsford


Frances Robinson
Henriette as a Child (uncredited)
Rita Rogan
Louise as a child (uncredited)
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