Medioevo al femminile

Romola

1924, regia di Henry King

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Inspiration Pictures - Distribuzione: Grapevine Video, Metro Goldwyn Distributing Company - Soggetto: dal romanzo omonimo di George Eliot - Sceneggiatura: Will M. Ritchey - Fotografia: Roy F. Overbaugh, William Schurr - Montaggio: W. Duncan Mansfield - Scenografia: Robert M. Haas - Musiche: Louis F. Gottschalk - Formato: B.N., muto - Durata: 91'.

Cast: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman, Charles Lane, Herbert Grimwood, Bonaventura Ibáñez, Frank Puglia, Amelia Summerville, Tina Ceccaci Renaldi, Eduilio Mucci, Angela Scatigna, Ugo Uccellini, Alfredo Martinelli, Attilo Deodati, Pietro Betti, Carlo Duse, Alfredo Fossi, Thelma Raye, Rinaldo Rinaldi, Isabella Romanoff, Giovanni Salvini.

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: Dal sito IMDb - Dal sito entertainment.msn.com - Dal sito tvguide.com - Dal sito silentera.com - Dal sito cinescene.com: «George Eliot's novel of the Renaissance was adapted to the screen in sumptuous fashion - shot in Italy on a massive set which reproduced the look of 15th century Florence in meticulous detail. The result is not really Eliot - not even close - but it is one of the more entertaining spectacles of the silent era. Lillian Gish plays Romola, the idealistic daughter of an aged and noble scholar of Florence. She is loved by an artist (Ronald Colman) but her heart goes to a visiting noble named Tito (William Powell) who is actually an unscrupuloous, scheming pretender. Tito seduces a simple peasant girl (Dorothy Gish) while insinuating himself into a marriage with Romola, and...».

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