Romola (1924)

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Audience Score
66
Romola
StarringLillian GishDorothy GishWilliam Powell
DirectorHenry King
WriterWill M. Ritchey
NR 1 hr 46 minDec 6th, 1924Drama, History
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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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 6th, 1924
Movie Box Office Gross:$497,234 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Inspiration Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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