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Orphans of the Storm

"France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path."

Cast

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Lillian Gish

as Henriette Girard

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Dorothy Gish

as Louise Girard

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Joseph Schildkraut

as Chevalier de Vaudrey

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Creighton Hale

as Picard

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Monte Blue

as Danton

1362735

Sidney Herbert

as Robespierre

288940

Lucille La Verne

as Mother Frochard

29589

Sheldon Lewis

as Jacques Frochard

89691

Frank Puglia

as Pierre

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Morgan Wallace

as Marquis de Praille

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Frank Losee

as Count de Linieres

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Leslie King

as Jacques-Forget-Not

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Katherine Emmet

as Countess de Linieres

998697

Flora Finch

as A Starving Peasant (uncredited)

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Louis Wolheim

as Executioner (uncredited)

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Marcia Harris

as Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)

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Lee Kohlmar

as King Louis XVI (uncredited)

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Kate Bruce

as Sister Geneviève (uncredited)

128166

Adolph Lestina

as The Doctor (uncredited)

Crew

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D.W. Griffith

Director

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Billy Bitzer

Director of Photography

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Paul H. Allen

Director of Photography

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Herbert Sutch

Assistant Director

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William Frederick Peters

Original Music Composer

100036

D.W. Griffith

Producer

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Charles M. Kirk

Art Direction

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D.W. Griffith

Screenplay

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James Smith

Editor

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Rose Smith

Editor

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Hendrik Sartov

Director of Photography

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Adolphe d'Ennery

Theatre Play

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Eugène Cormon

Theatre Play

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Edward Scholl

Set Designer