Romola is a 1924 drama film directed by Henry King, mainly produced and photographed in Italy. The film stars Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish,William Powell and Ronald Colman. It is based on the George Eliot novel of the same name. This was the second film in which Henry King directed Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman for Inspiration Films, an independent production company which chiefly consisted of King, one Charles Duell and stars Lillian Gish and Ric...
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Romola is a 1924 drama film directed by Henry King, mainly produced and photographed in Italy. The film stars Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish,William Powell and Ronald Colman. It is based on the George Eliot novel of the same name. This was the second film in which Henry King directed Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman for Inspiration Films, an independent production company which chiefly consisted of King, one Charles Duell and stars Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess.
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.
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