The White Shadow

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The White Shadow

1924,

1h 22m,

Drama

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67%

6 Reviews

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33%

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67%

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6 Reviews

33%

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A wild girl in Paris becomes possessed by the soul of her dead twin sister, who died to save her life.

Kenneth Taylor

Los Angeles Times

Jun 27, 2022

Although the picture isn't poor, it doesn't rank much higher than the average American program feature. And it moves much slower.

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Times (UK) Staff

The Times (UK)

Jun 27, 2022

In spite of the weakness of its story, however, the film is worth seeing for the excellent acting of Miss Compson and of Mr. Clive Brook, and for the cleverness of the production.

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Maurine Dallas Watkins

Chicago Tribune

Jun 27, 2022

When it's all over you wonder why they did it.

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NZ Herald Staff

New Zealand Herald

Jun 27, 2022

It is a picture which must impress all who see it, not only by the dramatic quality of the plot development, but by the careful attention that is given to every detail which tends to make the portrayal more realistic.

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Jun 27, 2022

The story is worthy of better handling. Miss Compson does good work but better directing would have made the picture one of the best of the year. As it is, it intrigues from the start and carries the interest almost to the end.

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Leia G

Apr 12, 2015

Starting off atmospheric and occasionally fun, but becomes sillier and sillier, yet less and less enjoyable; ultimately ending up mostly forgettable. Commendable for what it's trying to do with the 'white shadow' metaphor, but not enough to hide the fact how forced it is. It's nice to see Hitchcock was involved with mistaken identities even before he became a director in his own right, it's a shame the story is so unimaginative to constrain it to the identical twin cliché; Hitchcock would do much better things with this story element in the years to come.

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Graham Cutts

Director

Betty Compson

Nancy Brent

Clive Brook

Robin Field

Henry Victor

Louis Chadwick

Olaf Hytten

Herbert Barnes

A.B. Imeson

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Synopsis

A wild girl in Paris becomes possessed by the soul of her dead twin sister, who died to save her life.

Director: Graham Cutts
Producer: Michael Balcon, Victor Saville
Screenwriter: Alfred Hitchcock
Distributor: Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises
Genre: Drama
Release Date (Theaters): May 5, 1924, Original
Runtime: 1h 22m

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