The Great White Way (1924 film)
| the Great White Way | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
E. Mason Hopper E. J. Babille (assistant) |
| Produced by | William Randolph Hearst |
| Written by |
Luther Reed(adaptation) L. Dayle(scenario) Old Master Studio(intertitles) |
| Based on |
"The Great White Way" by Harry Charles Witwer |
| Starring |
Anita Stewart Oscar Shaw |
| Cinematography |
Henry Cronjager Harold Wenstrom |
| Edited by | Walter Futter |
| Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 10 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
The Great White Way is a 1924 silent film comedy centered on the sport of boxing.[1] It was directed by E. Mason Hopper. It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures. It was made with the cooperation of the New York City Fire Department. The film stars Oscar Shaw and Anita Stewart and is a lost[2] film. It was remade twelve years later as Cain and Mabel with Marion Davies and Clark Gable.[3][4]
Cast
- Anita Stewart - Mabel Vandegrift
- Tom Lewis - Duke Sullivan
- T. Roy Barnes - Jack Murray
- Oscar Shaw - Joe Cain
- Dore Davidson - Adolph Blum
- Harry Watson - City Editor
- Hal Forde - Brock Morton
- Olin Howland - Stubbs
- Pete Hartley - English Boxing champion
- Stanley Forde - Joe's father
- Jimmy Stone - Pete Hartley
- Johnny Gallagher - Referee
- Johnny Hennessey - Cain's Second
- Frank Wunderlee - McIntyre
- Joe Humphries - Announcer
- Jerry Peterson - Smoke
unbilled
- Arthur "Bugs" Baer - himself
- Nell Brinkley - herself
- Arthur Brisbane - himself
- Kid Broad - himself
- Irvin S. Cobb - himself
- Hal Coffman - himself
- Billy De Beck - himself
- Frank DeVernon - ?
- Harry Hershfield - himself
- Fay King - herself
- Winsor McCay - himself
- J. W. McGurk - himself
- George McManus - himself
- Tex Rickard - himself
- Damon Runyon - himself
- Earl Sande - himself
- Ned Wayburn - himself
- H. C. Witwer - himself
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Great White Way
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Great White Way
- ↑ The American Film Institute Film Catalogue Feature Films 1921-30 c.1971 page 313 by The American Film Institute
- ↑ The Great White Way at silentera.com
External links
- The Great White Way at the Internet Movie Database
- The Great White Way synopsis at AllMovie
- Anita Stewart about the time of the film
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