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TITLE CARD: "STARVATION - OPPRESSION - AGES OF INJUSTICE - PRISONS WHERE YOUR INNOCENT ONES DIE UNDER AUTOCRACY!"

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Reel Summary EPIC FILM ABOUT THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. HISTORICAL RECREATION-REENACTMENT. A TALE OF AN ARISTOCRATIC FOUNDLING WHO IS FORCED TO ENDURE DEGRADING REVERSALS UNTIL SOME DISTINGUISHING MARK OR LOCKET IS DISCOVERED TO REVEAL THE CHILD'S TRUE, NOBLE IDENTITY. STARRING: LILLIAN GISH, DOROTHY GISH, JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT, LUCILLE LA VERNE, FRANK PUGLIA, SHELDON LEWIS, MONTE BLUE, SIDNEY HERBERT, CREIGHTON HALE, LESLIE KING, MORGAN WALLACE, CATHERINE EMMETT, FRANK LOSEE, LEE KOHLMAR, MARCIA HARRIS, ADOLPHE LESTINA, LOUIS WOLHEIM, KATE BRUCE, FLORA FINCH. COSTUME ERA FILM. FRAIL & INEXPERIENCED NAIF CARED FOR & PROTECTED BY HER SISTER. A FOUNDLING FROM A NOBLE FAMILY & A COUNTRY PEASANT'S DAUGHTER. ONE A VICTIM OF THE PLAGUE IS BLIND. THE BLIND GIRL IS STOLEN BY A HAG, MOTHER FROCHARD. AN ADORING ARISTOCRAT DEFIES HIS FATHER TO WOO THE GIRL HE LOVES. TEARJERKER. ORPHAN MUST BE RESCUED FROM A HELL-HOLE FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR CITY. A LOST CHILD, A GRIEVING MOTHER, SEPARATED SISTERS. TRAGIC STORY. STARVING PEASANTS. THUNDER, CANNON FIRE, CLASHING SWORDS, GUILLOTINE EXECUTION. STORMING OF THE BASTILLE. A LAST-MINUTE RIDE TO THE RESCUE TO SAVE SOMEONE FROM BEING EXECUTED. MOB SCENES. AN ARISTOCRAT'S DAUGHTER IS ENSLAVED BY A FAMILY OF IMPOVERISHED GYPSIES; A PEASANT DAUGHTER KIDNAPPED BY AN ARISTOCRAT. TWO BROTHERS FIGHT OVER A GIRL. PARIS. VILLAIN. TORTURES INFLICTED BY THE UPPER-CRUST. MELODRAMA. CLASS CONFLICT. CLASS DISTINCTIONS. SOCIAL CRISIS. KING LOUIS XVI AT VERSAILLES. ARISTOCRAT LAWN PARTY. LAVISHNESS OF THE PERIOD. A FOUNTAIN OF WINE. ROYALTY. MAN PEEKS THROUGH KEYHOLE.
Description TITLE CARD: "STARVATION - OPPRESSION - AGES OF INJUSTICE - PRISONS WHERE YOUR INNOCENT ONES DIE UNDER AUTOCRACY!"
Genre 1920s FEATURE FILMS
Color b&w
Year 1921
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