Lillian and Dorothy Gish In "Orphans of the storm".

Description

Orphans of the Storm is a 1921 film by DW Griffith set in late 18th century France, before and during the French Revolution. This was the last Griffith film to feature Lillian and Dorothy Gish, and is often considered Griffith's last major commercial success (after Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, and Broken Blossoms). Like his earlier films, this used historical events to comment on contemporary events, in this case the French Revolution and the rise of Bolshevism. The film is about class ...