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The White Shadow(1924)
Status: Released
Date: 1924-05-05
72%
10 Votes
Time: 0h 43m
Two girls, cast in the same mold physically, but in soul and character as far apart as the poles.
Overview:
The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked on it as assistant director and also handled the writing, editing, and art direction. The film was long thought to be lost. In August 2011, it was announced that the first three reels of the six-reel picture had been found in a garden shed and donated to the NFPF. The film cans were mislabled Two Sisters and Unidentified American Film and only later identified. The film was restored by Park Road Studios and is now in the New Zealand Film Archive. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with National Film Preservation Foundation in 2012.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Balcon, Freedman & Saville
Movie: The White Shadow
Top 10 Billed Cast
Betty Compson
Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
Clive Brook
Robin Field
Henry Victor
Louis Chadwick
A.B. Imeson
Mr. Brent
Olaf Hytten
Herbert Barnes
Maresco Marisini
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Overview
The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked on it as assistant director and also handled the writing, editing, and art direction. The film was long thought to be lost. In August 2011, it was announced that the first three reels of the six-reel picture had been found in a garden shed and donated to the NFPF. The film cans were mislabled Two Sisters and Unidentified American Film and only later identified. The film was restored by Park Road Studios and is now in the New Zealand Film Archive. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with National Film Preservation Foundation in 2012.
Release Date
1924-05-05
Average
7.2
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
Two girls, cast in the same mold physically, but in soul and character as far apart as the poles.
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