White Fang (1925 film)
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Directed by | Laurence Trimble |
Written by | Jane Murfin |
Based on | White Fang by Jack London |
Starring | Theodore von Eltz Ruth Dwyer Matthew Betz |
Cinematography | Glen Gano King D. Gray John W. Leezer |
Production company | Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America Wardour Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
White Fang is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Laurence Trimble and featuring Theodore von Eltz, Ruth Dwyer, and Matthew Betz.[1] It was produced by FBO Pictures as a starring vehicle for Strongheart, a German Shepherd who appeared in a number of films during the decade. It is based on the 1906 novel White Fang by Jack London.[2]
Plot
[edit]As described in a film magazine review,[3] Joe Holland, superintendent of the Lucky 13 mine, saves his sick friend Weadon Scott from a pack of wolves. He discovers that someone is stealing gold ore from the mine. Frank Wilde, one of the foremen, buys White Fang, a man-killing dog. He enters him into a dog fight match against Cherokee, a bull dog. White Fang is rescued when Weadon enters. Holland's daughter Mollie marries Frank. She then discovers that her husband is stealing gold ore from her father's mine. Her husband then kills Joe Holland and beats up Weadon when White Fang comes rushing in. White Fang kills the villain. With Mollie now a widow, Weadon marries Mollie.
Cast
[edit]- Strongheart as White Fang
- Theodore von Eltz as Weadon Scott
- Ruth Dwyer as Mollie Holland
- Matthew Betz as Frank Wilde
- Walter Perry as Joe Holland
- Charles Murray as Judson Black
- Tom O'Brien as Matt
- Steve Murphy as 'Beauty' Smith
- John Burch as Bill Morry
- Margaret McWade as Mrs. Black
References
[edit]- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: White Fang at silentera.com
- ^ Goble p. 291
- ^ "New Pictures: White Fang", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (2), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, July 4, 1925, retrieved June 5, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
[edit]- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
[edit]Media related to White Fang (1925 film) at Wikimedia Commons
- White Fang at IMDb
- 1925 films
- 1925 Western (genre) films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- Films directed by Laurence Trimble
- American black-and-white films
- Film Booking Offices of America films
- Films based on White Fang
- 1920s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- 1920s Western (genre) film stubs
- Silent film stubs