Romola
First aired on Dec 6, 1924
Runtime: 106 mins
70%
Genres: Drama, History
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Lillian Gish | Romola
Dorothy Gish | Tessa
William Powell | Tito Melema
Ronald Colman | Carlo Bucellini
Charles Lane | Baldassar Calvo
Herbert Grimwood | Savonarola
Featured Crew
Henry King | Director
George Eliot | Novel
Will M. Ritchey | Writer
Louis F. Gottschalk | Music
Roy F. Overbaugh | Cinematography
William Schurr | Cinematography
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