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Orphans of the Storm (1922)

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Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Legendary director D.W. Griffith (INTOLERANCE) delivers another sweeping historical epic with this film, based on the d'Ennery and Corman play, THE TWO ORPHANS. Sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish are... Legendary director D.W. Griffith (INTOLERANCE) delivers another sweeping historical epic with this film, based on the d'Ennery and Corman play, THE TWO ORPHANS. Sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish are the girls who become separated in the streets of eighteenth century Paris during the dramatic upheavals of the French Revolution. As Henriette (Lillian Gish) searches for her blind adopted sister Louise (Dorothy Gish), she falls in love with a kind and concerned young member of the aristocracy, Chevalier (Joseph Schildkraut). Unfortunately their love is doomed by her commoner status, and his callous uncle (Frank Losee), who railroads her off to prison to keep them apart. The revolution occurs, and Henriette is liberated, but then there's more trouble when mob rule causes chaos in the streets, the guillotine awaits Chevalier, and Louise remains just out of reach. Griffith captures the class injustice at the heart of this story by contrasting scenes of lavish parties at the houses of the nobles with the abject poverty of the beggars outside. The thrilling use of crowds and meticulous historical accuracy make this an epic comparable in scope and theme to BIRTH OF A NATION, which is how Griffith undoubtedly meant it. The film is silent, with tinted scenes and film score. [More]

Starring: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Monte Blue

Starring: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Monte Blue, Creighton Hale, Frank Puglia

Director: D.W. Griffith

Director: D.W. Griffith

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[T]he sheer amount of realized ambition on display in it makes it a sight to behold.

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D.W. Griffith, always the showman, set out to make an epic from a story about sisters in trouble.

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