White Shadows (1924)
"The White Shadow" (original title)

Director:

Graham Cutts

Writers:

Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Morton (novel)

Stars:

Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Henry Victor

Cast

Cast overview:
Betty Compson	...	Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
Clive Brook	...	Robin Field
Henry Victor	...	Louis Chadwick
A.B. Imeson	...	Mr. Brent
Olaf Hytten	...	Herbert Barnes
Daisy Campbell	...	Elizabeth Brent
Bert Darley
Maresco Marisini
Donald Searle
Muriel Gregory

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

twins | possession | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Release Date:

5 May 1924 (USA)

Also Known As:

White Shadows

Filming Locations:

Islington, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balcon, Freedman & Saville

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Three of the six reels from this film (featuring around 30 minutes of footage) were discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2011. Erroneously labeled "Twin Sisters" and "Unidentified American Film", they had been donated to the Archive in 1989 following the death of local film projectionist and collector Jack Murtagh. The nitrate prints hailed from the US release by Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises circa 1924.

User Reviews

Part of silent British melo

Undistinguished British silent melo, with Compson's double performance it's one major asset. The film's part rediscovery however has become a talking point because young Hitch is covering half the unit functions.

Betty's willful, jokey self is advanced on by American (!) Clive Brook, who gets slapped and then kissed for his trouble. Back at the family country estate Betty one puts reserved lookalike Betty two in Clive's path, without either of them knowing about the situation.

About this time a few reels go missing before we get into the far fetched climax, set in the would be racy Chat Qui Rit club in Montmartre.

Nothing to distinguish this from what was being done around it, outside of it's interesting cast. It's always a shock to find character actor Victor (Confessions of a Nazi Spy) as a juvenile in this period.