Orphans of the Storm (1921) Cast & Crew

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Directed by D.W. Griffith.

Cast

• Lillian Gish as Henriette Girard
• Dorothy Gish as Louise Girard
• Joseph Schildkraut as Chevalier de Vaudrey
• Creighton Hale as Picard
• Monte Blue as Danton
• Sidney Herbert as Robespierre
• Lucille La Verne as Mother Frochard
• Sheldon Lewis as Jacques Frochard
• Frank Puglia as Pierre
• Morgan Wallace as Marquis de Praille
• Frank Losee as Count de Linieres
• Leslie King as Jacques-Forget-Not
• Katherine Emmet as Countess de Linieres
• Flora Finch as A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
• Louis Wolheim as Executioner (uncredited)
• Marcia Harris as Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)
• Lee Kohlmar as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
• Kate Bruce as Sister Geneviève (uncredited)
• Adolph Lestina as The Doctor (uncredited)
• Kenny Delmar as The Chevalier - as a Boy
• Herbert Sutch as Meat Carver at Festival
• Fay Marbe as Dancer (uncredited)
• Frank O'Connor as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Jill Rainsford
• Frances Robinson as Henriette as a Child (uncredited)
• Rita Rogan as Louise as a child (uncredited)

Crew

• D.W. Griffith — Director
• D.W. Griffith — Screenplay
• D.W. Griffith — Producer
• William Frederick Peters — Original Music Composer
• Paul H. Allen — Director of Photography
• Billy Bitzer — Director of Photography
• Hendrik Sartov — Director of Photography

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