And–DANG IT.This is a list of current and former National Hockey League (NHL) mascots, sorted alphabetically by team. I will say that a lot of Carthusian nuns seem to wear a similar style of long veil, kerchief around the face and neck, and rounded neckerchief. Pardon this educated guess, but it’s likely they chose an order whose habit looked the best on film! Gish said they visited thirty cloisters before deciding on the “Order of Lourdes,” as she recalled.Īaaaand I absolutely can’t find anything specific about an “Order of Lourdes.” It’s possible it had a slightly different name or a longer one than Gish remembered. There’s different styles and lengths of veils, some orders wear crosses and others don’t–the variety is endless. Some nuns wear black, others gray, some white, some deep blue–some even have pink habits (and there’s always an element of white). There’s a lot of different Catholic orders and they all have their own styles of habits. Now, being a Catholic myself and all, and one who even knows a few gals who’ve taken the veil (they’re literally the warmest and most joyful people I know, by the way), I was curious about which order Angela Chiaromonte was supposed to belong to. But this didn’t sit right with Gish, not only because becoming a Catholic nun is a serious vocation (certainly not something you discard like an old glove), but because “You can’t care about a character you see taking solemn vows before God at eight o’clock and then by nine o’clock changing her mind.” It was decided that Angela would stay true to her vows and Giovanni would have to perish, although not before heroically saving some innocent townsfolk during a flood. In the novel Angela renounces her vows and she and Giovanni marry. (Some SPOILERS in this paragraph.) The plot of The White Sister departed from the novel in one key aspect. (Never mind that it’s typically a years-long process before a nun takes her final vows…!) Ah, but could it be that Giovanni–isn’t really dead? Distraught, without family, and wanting to honor Giovanni’s memory, she decides to become a nun and devote herself to helping others. Angela finds herself even more alone when Giovanni’s called away to an African expedition, and soon word comes that he’s been killed. The lack of a will means the father’s second marriage is declared invalid, and Marchesa casts ex-step-sister Angela out of the house. After Prince Chiaromonte dies from a bad fall from a horse, Marchesa burns his will so she can inherit his estate. The older daughter Marchesa dislikes Angela and is jealous of her romance with Captain Giovanni Severini, who she wants for herself. Gish plays Angela Chiaromonte, the younger of Prince Chiaromonte’s two daughters from two separate marriages (she’s described as “ethereal” in a title card, highly aware of Gish’s image). Gish and crew would enjoy their time “among the Italians,” especially since their studio was on the outskirts of Rome–although when they first arrived they found it had no equipment. Bonzano also helped ensure the religious aspects of the film were treated with both accuracy and reverence. They were assisted by Monsignor Bonzano, who helped the location shooting go smoothly in a country where Benito Mussolini had seized power only weeks before. But this didn’t daunt Gish, and soon Inspiration Pictures agreed to make the film and also gave it a generous budget for its production in Italy. Studios assumed people could “get religion free on Sundays” and weren’t going to flock to faith-based stories during the week. Then, as now, it was not easy to find new material.” Biblical stories were pretty commmon in the silent era, but other types of religious stories were more rare. Gish was particularly drawn to the novel’s description of the solemn “taking the veil” ceremony, where a nun takes her final vows: “It had never been re-created on stage or screen.
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