Les Deux Orphelines

Original title: Orphans of the Storm

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Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.

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Trivia
William J. Walsh, an extra playing a soldier, was killed on set when a prop rifle he was leaning on went off by accident; although the weapon was loaded with a blank cartridge, the wadding from a blank fired at point-blank range is capable of inflicting serious injury or death.

Goofs
When the Bastille is taken, the prisoners are freed. There are many of them. In reality, only seven prisoners were freed during the taking of the Bastille.

Quotes
Title Card: [Opening lines] TIME, - Before and during the French Revolution. Our story is of two little orphans who suffer first through the tyranny - selfishness - of Kingly bosses, nobles and aristocrats. After the King's Government falls they suffer with the rest of the people as much through the new Government, established by the pussy-footing Robespierre through Anarchy and Bolshevism. Strange that both these evil rulers were otherwise highly moral men except that they saw evil in all who did not THINK AS THEY DID. The lesson - the French Revolution RIGHTLY overthrew a BAD government. But we in America should be careful lest we with a GOOD government mistake fanatics for leaders and exchange our decent law and order for Anarchy and Bolshevism.

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The starring Gish sisters are not listed in the opening credits. They are introduced on title cards as "Louise--Miss Dorothy Gish" and "Henriette--Miss Lillian Gish."

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Edited into Le Capital au XXIe siècle (2019)

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A Great Accomplishment

I sometimes feel that people who are not sympathetic to the silent era and its genre should not view or comment on them.

As a long-time maven of silent films, I have no problem placing myself in that era and enjoying these movies on their own terms. Much has changed since those days, and most folks simply cannot appreciate the simplicity AND complexity of photoplays without words.

This film is magnificent and entertaining. I am not a fan of most "period pieces", but this transcends the typical fare. Check it out.