Orphans of the Storm

A dramatic epic

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.

Drama History Romance

Lillian Gish

(Henriette Girard)

Dorothy Gish

(Louise Girard)

Joseph Schildkraut

(Chevalier de Vaudrey)

Creighton Hale

(Picard)

Monte Blue

(Danton)

Sidney Herbert

(Robespierre)

Lucille La Verne

(Mother Frochard)

Sheldon Lewis

(Jacques Frochard)

Frank Puglia

(Pierre)

Morgan Wallace

(Marquis de Praille)

Frank Losee

(Count de Linieres)

Leslie King

(Jacques-Forget-Not)

Katherine Emmet

(Countess de Linieres)

Flora Finch

(A Starving Peasant (uncredited))

Louis Wolheim

(Executioner (uncredited))

Marcia Harris

(Henriette's Landlady (uncredited))

Lee Kohlmar

(King Louis XVI (uncredited))

Kate Bruce

(Sister Geneviève (uncredited))

Adolph Lestina

(The Doctor (uncredited))