The White Sister

Mar 17, 1933

1h 45m

★ 5.4

The SUPREME ROMANTIC THRILL of all time comes at last to the TALKING SCREEN!

Overview

An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Angela Chiaromonte

Helen Hayes

Giovanni Severi

Clark Gable

Prince Guido Chiaromonte

Lewis Stone

Mina Bernardo

Louise Closser Hale

Mother Superior

May Robson

Father Saracinesca

Edward Arnold

Ernesto Traversi

Alan Edwards

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