The Great White Way (1924 film)

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The Great White Way
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Still showing a rehearsal with Ned Wayburn and Anita Stewart
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
E. J. Babille (assistant)
Written by Luther Reed (adaptation)
L. Dayle (scenario)
Old Master Studio (intertitles)
Based on"Cain and Mabel"
by Harry Charles Witwer
Produced by William Randolph Hearst
Starring Anita Stewart
Oscar Shaw
Cinematography Henry Cronjager
Harold Wenstrom
Edited by Walter Futter
Distributed by Goldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • January 3, 1924 (1924-01-03)
Running time
10 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Great White Way is a 1924 American silent comedy film centered on the sport of boxing. [1] It was directed by E. Mason Hopper and produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures. The film was made with the cooperation of the New York City Fire Department. The film stars Oscar Shaw and Anita Stewart. It was remade twelve years later as Cain and Mabel with Marion Davies and Clark Gable. [2] [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [4] ambitious press agent Jack Murray introduces two of his clients, Follies dancer Mabel Vandegrift and prize fighter Joe Cain, to each other and they fall in love. After Brock Morton, the owner of the show, says that he will bring down the curtain on the show in the middle of opening night unless Mabel renounces Joe, the latter goes on the stage and announces that, in spite of his prior refusal, that he will fight the English boxing champion. With the money he gets from boxing promoter Tex Rickard, he buys out Morton and the show goes on. Prior to the fight, Morton dopes Joe, but he is brought around so that he is able to fight and eventually wins the match. Joe's father comes east and then brings Joe and Mabel back west with him.

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Preservation

With no prints of The Great White Way located in any film archives, [5] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Great White Way
  2. The American Film Institute Film Catalogue Feature Films 1921-30 c.1971 page 313 by The American Film Institute
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: The Great White Way (wayback archived) at silentera.com
  4. Blaisdell, George (January 12, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Great White Way". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (8): 19. Retrieved June 27, 2022.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Great White Way