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The White Sister (1933)

The White Sister poster
Directed by
Victor Fleming
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman believes her fiance has died in war and becomes a nun. Years later she must choose between her vows and him when he returns alive.

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What happens

The White Sister is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Helen Hayes and Clark Gable. It was based on the 1909 play of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford and Walter Hackett. It was a remake of the silent film The White Sister (1923). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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