In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
Directing | Henry King | Director |
Writing | George Eliot | Novel |
Writing | Will M. Ritchey | Writer |
Sound | Louis F. Gottschalk | Music |
Crew | Roy F. Overbaugh | Cinematography |
Crew | William Schurr | Cinematography |
Editing | Duncan Mansfield | Editor |
Directing | Joseph C. Boyle | Assistant Director |