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White Fang
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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
  • May 24, 1925 (1925-05-24)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited 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, an Alsatian who appeared in a number of films during the decade. It is based on the 1906 novel White Fang by Jack London. [2]

Plot

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 her now a widow, Weadon marries Mollie.

The cast of White FangRuth Dwyer, Strongheart, and Theodore von Eltz

Cast

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: White Fang at silentera.com
  2. ^ Goble p. 291
  3. ^ "New Pictures: White Fang", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (2), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, July 4, 1925, retrieved June 5, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

  • 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.

Media related to White Fang (1925 film) at Wikimedia Commons

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

White Fang
Advertisement
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
  • May 24, 1925 (1925-05-24)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited 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, an Alsatian who appeared in a number of films during the decade. It is based on the 1906 novel White Fang by Jack London. [2]

Plot

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 her now a widow, Weadon marries Mollie.

The cast of White FangRuth Dwyer, Strongheart, and Theodore von Eltz

Cast

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: White Fang at silentera.com
  2. ^ Goble p. 291
  3. ^ "New Pictures: White Fang", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (2), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, July 4, 1925, retrieved June 5, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

  • 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.

Media related to White Fang (1925 film) at Wikimedia Commons


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