The Woman in White (1929 film)

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The Woman in White
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Written by Wilkie Collins (novel)
Robert Cullen
Herbert Wilcox
Starring Blanche Sweet
Haddon Mason
Cecil Humphreys
Louise Prussing
Cinematography David Kesson
Edited by Harry Chandlee
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates
January 1929 (UK)
24 May 1929 (US)
Running time
67 minutes[1]
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Woman in White is a 1929 British silent mystery film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Blanche Sweet, Haddon Mason and Cecil Humphreys.[2] The film was made at Cricklewood Studios in London. It is based on the novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

Several silent versions were made, one in 1912 and one by Fox in 1917 as Tangled Lives. Another 1917 silent version was filmed by Thanhouser and starred Florence La Badie. It survives in the Library of Congress. It was also remade in 1948.

The film's art direction was by Clifford Pember.

Cast

References

  1. Low p.481
  2. The Woman in White, British Film Institute

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

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