Orphans of the Storm

Independent Films, Drama

Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. They go to Paris to see if Louise's blindness can be cured, but are separated when an aristocrat lusts after Henriette and abducts her. Only Chevalier de Vaudrey is kind to her, and they fall in love. The French Revolution replaces the corrupt Aristocracy with the equally corrupt Robespierre. De Vaudrey, who has always been good to peasants, is condemned to death for being an aristocrat, and Henriette for harboring him. Will revolutionary hero Danton, the only voice for mercy in the new regime, be able to save them from the guillotine?

Tags

• D.W. Griffith
• early cinema
• classic
• orphans
• storm
• aristocracy

Directors:

• D.W. Griffith

Producers:

• D.W. Griffith

Actors:

• Lillian Gish .... Henriette Girard Dorothy Gish.... Louise Girard Joseph Schildkraut....Chevalier de Vaudrey Frank Losee.... Count de Linieres Katherine Emmet .... Countess de Linieres Morgan Wallace.... Marquis de Praille Lucille La Verne.... Mother Frochard Sheldon Lewis.... Jacques Frochard Frank Puglia.... Pierre Frochard Creighton Hale.... Picard Leslie King.... Jacques-Forget-Not Monte Blue.... Danton Sidney Herbert .... Robespierre Lee Kohlmar.... King Louis XVI Marcia Harris.... Henriette's landlady Adolph Lestina.... Doctor Kate Bruce.... Sister Genevieve Flora Finch.... Starving peasant Louis Wolheim.... Executioner