The White Rose (1923 film)

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The White Rose
White Rose lobby card.JPG
Lobby card
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Herbert Sutch (asst. director)
Written byIrene Sinclair (pen name of Griffith)
Produced byD. W. Griffith
StarringMae Marsh
Ivor Novello
Carol Dempster
Neil Hamilton
CinematographyBilly Bitzer
Hendrik Sartov
Harold Sintzenich
Music byJoseph Breil
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 21, 1923 (1923-05-21)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
The full film

The White Rose is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was written, produced, and directed by Griffith, and stars Mae Marsh, Ivor Novello, Carol Dempster, and Neil Hamilton.[1] Though this film is extant, it is one of Griffith's rarely seen films.

Plot[]

A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and finds himself attracted to a poor, unsophisticated orphan girl, Bessie, that he meets at a dance hall. One thing leads to another, and before long Bessie finds that she is pregnant with Joseph's child.

Cast[]

  • Mae Marsh as Bessie 'Teazie' Williams
  • Carol Dempster as Marie Carrington
  • Ivor Novello as Joseph Beaugarde
  • Neil Hamilton as John White
  • Lucille La Verne as 'Auntie' Easter
  • Porter Strong as Apollo
  • Jane Thomas as Cigar Stand Girl
  • Kate Bruce as An Aunt
  • Erville Alderson as Man of the World
  • Herbert Sutch as The Bishop
  • Joseph Burke as The Landlord
  • Mary Foy as The Landlady
  • Charles Emmett Mack as Guest
  • Uncle Tom Jenkins as Old Black Man (uncredited)

Production[]

The film was shot in several locations throughout Florida and Louisiana; including in New Iberia, Louisiana.[2]

Lucille La Verne and Porter Strong played household servant roles in blackface.[3]

Reception[]

The film was not well received. It was viewed as another typical story of the young innocent girl robbed of her purity told at a very slow pace.[3]

Preservation status[]

Prints of The White Rose are listed as being located at the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, UCLA Film & Television Archive, Academy Film Archive, and several other film archives.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The White Rose at silentera.com
  2. ^ "D. W. Griffith Films "The White Rose" At New Iberia". Newspapers.com. Abbeville Meridional. February 24, 1923. p. 4. Retrieved May 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Horak, Jan-Christopher (2008). "Southern Landscapes of the Mind's Eye: Griffith's The White Rose". Image. 19 (4): 30–33. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The White Rose

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