The White Sister (1923 film)

The White Sister is a 1923 American drama film starring Lillian Gish, directed by Henry King, and released by Metro Pictures about nine months before its merger into MetroGoldwynMayer. It was based on the 1909 novel by F. Marion Crawford.

While Angela grieves, her older halfsister, the Marchesa di Mola Gail Kane, takes the opportunity to look through their late fathers papers and secretly burns one of them. No will can be found, so not only does the entire estate go to the Marchesa, but because the princes second marriage was not registered with the civil authorities, it is not considered legally valid, making Angela nobody. With that, Count del Ferice dissolves the marriage contract between Angela and his son.The Marchesa orders Angela to leave the palace that very day, revealing that she has always hated her stepsister for whining her way into their fathers affection and more recently for taking Giovanni, the only man she ever loved. Madame Bernard Juliette La Violette, Angelas companion and chaperone, offers her a place in her home. ........

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