White Gold (1927 film)

White Gold is a 1927 American silent Western film produced and distributed by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by William K. Howard.^[1]

White Gold
Film poster
Directed by	William K. Howard
Written by	John Farrow (titles) Tay Garnett Garrett Fort (adaptation)
Based on	White Gold by J. Palmer Parsons
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	Jetta Goudal
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot
Edited by	Jack Dennis
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	February 24, 1927 (1927-02-24)
Running time	1 hour 13 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

White Gold (1927) by William K. Howard

Cast

• Jetta Goudal as Dolores Carson
• Kenneth Thomson as Alec Carson
• George Bancroft as Sam Randall
• George Nichols as Carson, Alec's Father
• Bob Perry as Bucky O'Neill (billed as Robert Perry)
• Clyde Cook as Homer

Critical reception

Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times described the film as an "interesting production" that also had "marked simplicity" in terms of its story.^[2] Hall also said that "but for some repetitions, a few accentuated actions and instances of forced comedy, [it] would be one of the really great productions."^[3] The Ottawa Citizen said that, because of a new scripting technique employed by William Howard, "the film more closely approaches realism than anything ever before attempted in motion pictures."^[4] Philip K. Scheuer of the Los Angeles Times called it a "distinguished film" that employed the suggestion of sound by showing "creaking rockers, ticking clocks, the click of poker chips".^[5]

Preservation

Prints of White Gold are located at the archives of Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, CINEMATEK, Filmoteka Narodowa, BFI National Archive, and George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.^[6]

Bibliography

• "Screen Favors Realism". Montreal Gazette. February 12, 1927. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
• "Theater Gossip". The Evening Independent. March 7, 1927. Retrieved October 30, 2010.