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    Orphans of the Storm

    1921 · Drama · 2h 5m

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  1. Orphans of the Storm is a 1921 American silent drama film by D. W. Griffith set in late-18th-century France, before and during the French Revolution.. The last Griffith film to feature both Lillian and Dorothy Gish, it was a commercial failure compared to his earlier works, such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920).

  2. Orphans of the Storm: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee. Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.

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    • Drama, History, Romance
    • D.W. Griffith
    • 1922-01-30
  3. Orphans of the Storm (1922) Movie Info Synopsis When the plague kills their parents, Henriette (Lillian Gish) and her blind adopted sister, Louise (Dorothy Gish), go to Paris in hopes of finding a ...

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    • Lillian Gish
    • D.W. Griffith
    • Drama
  4. Dec 18, 2023 · Orphans of the Storm is a classic silent film that holds a special place in movie history. Directed by the legendary D.W. Griffith, this epic melodrama was released in 1921 and stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish, two of the most prominent actresses of the silent era. Set during the French Revolution, the film follows the lives of two orphaned ...

  5. Jul 26, 2023 · Orphans of the Storm (1921) Lillian Gish (left) and Dorothy Gish in Orphans of the Storm. Everett Collection. July 26, 2023 7:32 AM EDT. D.W. Griffith was a racist, and his most famous and ...

  6. The epic tale of two step-sisters, Henriette and Louise Girard, caught up in the storm of the French Revolution. Louise, the child of an aristocrat, was abandoned on the cathedral steps where Henriette's father found her and took her home to raise as their own. After Louise goes blind, Henriette takes her to Paris where she hopes her sight can ...

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  8. Orphans of the Storm was the last movie the Gish sisters made together and Lillian's last film for Griffith. The film received rave reviews including one in The Moving Picture World which gushed "No more gorgeous thing has ever been offered on the screen," but only moderate box office success, and a great deal of the film's thunder was stolen ...

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