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The White Sister
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Fred E. Wright

Cast: Viola Allen [Donna Angela Chiaromonte], Richard C. Travers [Lieutenant Giovanni Severi], Florence Oberle [Princess Chiaromonte], Thomas Commerford [Monseigneur Saracinesca], Emilie Melville [the mother superior], John Thorne [Filmore Durand], Sydney Ainsworth [Captain Ugo Severi], Ernest Maupain [Doctor Pieri], Camille D’Arcy [Madame Bernard], John H. Cossar [the minister of war], Frank Dayton [Colonel Parlo]

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. / From the novel The White Sister by F. Marion Crawford (Francis Marion Crawford). Cinematography by Rudolph J. Bergquist. Presented by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. / © 15 June 1915 by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company [LP5564]. Released 21 June 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Allen’s film debut. The novel was subsequently filmed as The White Sister (1923).

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 October 2024.

References: Quirk-Colman p. 41; Smith-Colman p. 24; Tarbox-Lost pp. 222, 250, 257 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.