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Orphans of the Storm

68 %|Dec 28, 1921|Drama, History, Romance

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.

Featured Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Paul H. Allen
Director of Photography
Herbert Sutch
Assistant Director
William Frederick Peters
Original Music Composer
D.W. Griffith
Producer
Charles M. Kirk
Art Direction
D.W. Griffith
Screenplay

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Cast

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Lillian Gish
Henriette Girard
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Dorothy Gish
Louise Girard
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Joseph Schildkraut
Chevalier de Vaudrey
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Sidney Herbert
Robespierre
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Lucille La Verne
Mother Frochard
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Sheldon Lewis
Jacques Frochard
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Morgan Wallace
Marquis de Praille
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Frank Losee
Count de Linieres
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Leslie King
Jacques-Forget-Not
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Katherine Emmet
Countess de Linieres
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Flora Finch
A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
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Louis Wolheim
Executioner (uncredited)
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Marcia Harris
Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)
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Lee Kohlmar
King Louis XVI (uncredited)
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Kate Bruce
Sister Geneviève (uncredited)
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Adolph Lestina
The Doctor (uncredited)