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The White Sister is a american film with Viola Allen

The White Sister (1915)

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The White Sister is a lost 1915 silent film produced by Essanay Studios. It is based on the 1909 play, The White Sister, by F. Marion Crawford and Walter Hackett. This film, directed by Fred E. Wright, stars Viola Allen, a prominent stage actress in her first movie. Allen had also created the role in the play and it was one of her biggest successes.



^ The White Sister play, produced on Broadway in 1909 at Daly's Theatre; IBDb.com

^ The White Sister at silentera.com

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The White Sister

Actors

Viola Allen

(Donna Angela Chiaramonte)Richard Travers

(Lt. Giovanni Severi)Florence Oberle

(Princess Chiaramonte)Sidney Ainsworth

(Captain Ugo Severi (*Sydney Ainsworth))
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