White Gold (1927 film)

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White Gold
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Directed by William K. Howard
Written by John Farrow (titles)
Tay Garnett
Garrett Fort (adaptation)
Based onWhite Gold
by J. Palmer Parsons
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Starring Jetta Goudal
Cinematography Lucien Andriot
Edited byJack Dennis
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • February 24, 1927 (1927-02-24)
Running time
1 hour 13 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
White Gold (1927) by William K. Howard

White Gold is a 1927 American silent Western film produced and distributed by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by William K. Howard. [1]

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Cast

Critical reception

Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times described the film as an "interesting production" that also had "marked simplicity" in terms of its story. [2] Hall also said that "but for some repetitions, a few accentuated actions and instances of forced comedy, [it] would be one of the really great productions." [3] The Ottawa Citizen said that, because of a new scripting technique employed by William Howard, "the film more closely approaches realism than anything ever before attempted in motion pictures." [4] Philip K. Scheuer of the Los Angeles Times called it a "distinguished film" that employed the suggestion of sound by showing "creaking rockers, ticking clocks, the click of poker chips". [5]

Preservation

Prints of White Gold are located at the archives of Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, CINEMATEK, Filmoteka Narodowa, BFI National Archive, and George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection. [6]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: White Gold at silentera.com
  2. Hall, Mordaunt (April 17, 1927). "Arizona and Gay Paris; White Gold, an Interesting Production -- Beauty and the Man". The New York Times . Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  3. Hall, Mordaunt (April 11, 1927). "The Sheep-Rancher". The New York Times . Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  4. "Establish Precedent in Direction Technic". Ottawa Citizen . July 14, 1927. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  5. Scheuer, Philip K. (October 25, 1945). "Howard Planning New Version of 'White Gold'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  6. Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: White Gold