France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.

"A dramatic epic"

Credits

D.W. GriffithDirector

Lillian GishHenriette Girard

Dorothy GishLouise Girard

Joseph SchildkrautChevalier de Vaudrey

Creighton HalePicard