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  • Director: Henry King
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Year: 1925
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 120 minutes

Plot

Filmed on location in Italy, where director Henry King ruled over a huge set that covered 17 acres, Romola stars Lillian Gish in the title role. The daughter of a 15th-century Florentine aesthete, Romola becomes the bride of the caddish Tito Melema (William Powell). Using all the underhanded resources at his disposal, Melema finagles his way into the position of Chief Magistrate, taking every opportunity to abuse his powers. One of his most heinous acts is his betrayal of country girl Tessa (Dorothy Gish), who ends up drowning herself. Melema himself is consigned to a watery grave when the people revolt against his persecutions. This leaves Romola (who despite her title-character status has virtually nothing to do in the film other than stand around and look beautiful) free to marry artist Carlos Buccelini (Ronald Colman), who has loved her all along. The most spectacular setpiece in the film is Henry King's meticulous reconstruction of the execution of Savonarola (Herbert Grimwood). Romola was based on the novel by George Eliot. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Alfredo Bertone - Piero de Medici; Ronald Colman - Carlo Buccellini; Dorothy Gish - Tessa; Lillian Gish - Romola; Herbert Grimwood - Sovonarolo; Bonaventura Ibañez - Bardo Bardi; Eduilio Mucci - Nello; Pietro Nisti - Pirate Captain; William Powell - Tito Melerna; Frank Puglia - Adolpo Spini; Thelma Raye; Tina Ceccaci Renaidi - Monna Ghita; Angelo Scatigna - Bratti; Amelia Summerville - Brigida; Ugo Uccellini - Bishop of Nemours; Alfredo Martinelli - Captain of the Barque; Charles Lane - Baldassarre Calve

Credit

Robert M. Haas - Art Director, Henry King - Director, Duncan Mansfield - Editor, Louis F. Gottschalk - Composer (Music Score), Roy Overbaugh - Cinematographer, Henry King - Producer, Jules Furthman - Intertitle Writer, Will M. Ritchey - Screenwriter
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Romola
Directed by Henry King
Produced by Henry King
Written by George Eliot
Will M. Ritchey
Jules Furthman
Don Bartlett
Starring Lillian Gish
Dorothy Gish
William Powell
Ronald Colman
Cinematography Roy F. Overbaugh
William Schurr
Editing by W. Duncan Mansfield
Release date(s) December 6, 1924
Running time 120 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

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.

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Plot

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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