Description
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de’ Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
Classification
CategoryClassic Movies & Vintage Films to Stream(videos)
SubcategoryClassic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films(movies)
GenresSilent Movies(silent-movies-spg-c211)
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Cast
- Lillian Gish Romola
- Dorothy Gish Tessa
- William Powell Tito Melema (credited as William H. Powell)
- Ronald Colman Carlo Bucellini
- Charles Willis Lane Baldassar Calvo
- Herbert Grimwood Girolamo Savonarola
- Bonaventura Ibáñez Bardo Bardi
- Frank Puglia Adolfo Spini
- Amelia Summerville Brigida
- Tina Ceccaci Renaldi Monna Ghita
- Eduilio Mucci Nello
- Angela Scatigna Bratti
- Ugo Uccellini Bishop of Nemours
- Alfredo Martinelli Captain of the Barque
- Attilo Deodati Tomaso
- Charles Lane Baldassar Calvo
- Gastone Barnardi Council of Eight member
- Alfredo Bertone Piero de Medici
- Pietro Betti Fra Sylvestro
- Gino Borsi Captain of the Barque
- Toto Lo Bue Fra Benaducci
- Ferdinando Chianese Archbishop
- Francesco Ciancamerla Council of Eight member
- Baron Alfredo Del Judici Council of Eight member
- Carlo Duse Bargello
- Alfredo Fossi Pirate Gallery Master
- Marchese Fabrizio Gonzaga Banquet Guest
- Marchese Imperiale Banquet Guest
- Baron Serge Kopfe Council of Eight member
- Enrico Monti Council of Eight member
- Pietro Nistri Pirate Captain
- Princess Bianca Raffaello Banquet Guest
- Thelma Raye Bit Part
- Rinaldo Rinaldi Council of Eight member
- Princess Isabella Romanoff Banquet Guest
- Giovanni Salvini Council of Eight member
- Prince Alexander Talone Banquet Guest
- Countess Tamburini Banquet Guest
- Countess Tolombi Banquet Guest
- Baron Giuseppe Winspere Council of Eight member
- Giuseppe Zocchi Executioner
- Sira Sarri Madona fiorentina
Director
- Henry King
- Joseph C. Boyle
Screenwriter
- Will M. Ritchey
- George Eliot
Director of Photography
- Roy F. Overbaugh
- William Schurr
Composer
- Louis F. Gottschalk
Producer
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
