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Cast
| Holmes Herbert | ... |
Lord Angus Cameron
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| Ben Alexander | ... |
Donald Cameron
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| Ralph Graves | ... |
Alec McClintock
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| Mabel Ballin | ... |
Marion Hume
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| John Gilbert | ... |
Dick Beach
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| Spottiswoode Aitken | ... |
James Hume
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| Gibson Gowland | ... |
The Captain
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| Maurice Tourneur | ... |
Man at boxing match (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Maurice Tourneur | ||
Written by
| Cecil Raleigh | ... | (play) and |
| Henry Hamilton | ... | (play) |
| Charles E. Whittaker | ... | () (as Charles Whittaker) |
Produced by
| Maurice Tourneur | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| René Guissart | ||
| Harold S. Sintzenich | ... | (as Harold Sintzenich) |
Art Direction by
| Ben Carré | ||
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- Paramount Pictures (1919) (United States) (theatrical) (as Paramount-Artcraft Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
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Storyline
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Lord Angus Cameron's marriage to a woman of his titled Scottish class is thwarted by his secret marriage years before to Marion Hume, the housekeeper of the castle. Cameron attempts to repudiate the marriage, the only record of which is a certificate in the sunken wreck of a yacht, The White Heather . Marion goes to court to prove her claim and secure the rights of her son by Cameron, but is defeated. Alec McClintock, who is in love with Marion, and Cameron both want to recover the record, so they don diving suits and descend to the wreck. An underwater struggle ensues and Cameron severs his own air tube and drowns while attempting to cut off his rival's air supply. Alec then recovers the marriage record and wins Marion. Written by AFI |
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| Taglines | You've seen Divers going down into the deep, but you never saw them at the Bottom of the Sea. In "THE WHITE HEATHER" you see two divers at death-grips at the bottom of the ocean, where the foot of man has never trod before.(Print ad- The star, ((Christchurch, NZ)) 6 March 1920) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film was considered lost for many years. However, a surviving print with Dutch intertitles was discovered in the Netherlands in 2023. It was restored the following year, and received its first public screening at NYC's Museum of Modern Art in January of 2025. See more » |