The White Shadow

The White Shadow (1924)

Two girls, cast in the same mold physically, but in soul and character as far apart as the poles.

In Paris, a wild girl becomes possessed by the soul of her twin who died to save her life.

Date of release
1924-05-05
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (11)
Runtime
43m
Genres
Drama
Director
Graham Cutts

Casting

Interesting facts

The White Shadow, also known as White Shadows in the United States, is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Betty Compson, Clive Brook, and Henry Victor.

Production

The film is based on the unpublished novel Children of Chance by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock collaborated with Cutts on the film. Cutts and Hitchcock made the film quickly, as they wanted to make use of Betty Compson, who had appeared in their hit Woman to Woman (also 1923), before she returned to the United States.

The film was made at the Balcon, Freedman and Saville studio in Hoxton, London.

Writing about the film in 1969, producer Michael Balcon said:

"Engrossed in our first production [Woman to Woman], we had made no preparations for the second. Caught on the hop, we rushed into production with a story called The White Shadow. It was as big a flop as Woman to Woman had been a success."

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