The White Sister

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Audience Member another movie about a woman finding her voice even though its a silent pic Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Gish gives a solid performance in an overlong silent melodrama which still manages to entertain. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The White Sister (1933) I saw "The White Sister" which is the talky remake of this silent movie. In this version Helen Hayes plays Angela Chiaromonte and handsome Clark Gable plays the love interest, Giovanni Severi. The story is pretty much the same, with the poor Italian princess being promised to a rich banker but falls for a dashing young aviator instead. Captain Severi goes off to war and is shot down behind enemy lines and missing in action. Thinking Giovanni is dead, the distraught Angela becomes a nun. Then Giovanni is able to make it back home, only to find that Angela is now married to God. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a bit surprised how few reviews there are for this film, because after viewing quite a few Lillian Gish films - this might just be my favorite. The story is epic, and the film is lavish - the scenery, costumes, story, cinematography, effects, and even the melodramatic acting & gesticulation are quite beautiful & intense. The story is one of betrayal, love, faith and commitment - and although its values will seem dated to a modern audience, I found it to have a timeless aspect. Funny enough, if this film had dialog I would probably hate it - it would be too over the top and dramatically annoying . . . but the beautiful cinematography, images and score work together to capture the scale of epic emotion. I viewed this on TCM, and the score listed was apparently commissioned by them - but the film is worth watching just to listen to the score. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member ok story about a poor girl who loses it all including love and becomes a nun. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Lillian Gish delivers what may now be my favorite reaction shot in a silent film ever - when she hears news of the possible fate of her beloved (Ronald Coleman) - her gesticulations has got to be the epitome of the emoting style of the silent film era. Boy...this film sure has it all: gorgeous Italian villas, harsh Sahara desert, evil step sisters, catholicism, bratty kids, soldiers, fox hunts, not to mention a volcano comes into play eventually..phew! Beautifully photographed on location in Italy. Yes, the story is a bit soapish and at times dramatically overblown - but hey, it's the silent era -when you most expect stuff like this to happen. It's certainly worth a watch. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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