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Romola (1924)

Romola (1924)

Drama History
Release Date: 1924, December 6
Directors: Henry King
Countries: United States of America
Production: Inspiration Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Charles Lane, Frank Puglia, William Powell, Ronald Colman, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Alfredo Martinelli, Carlo Duse, Bonaventura Ibáñez, Herbert Grimwood, Amelia Summerville, Alfredo Bertone

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book renaissance silent film florence, italy