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The White Rose
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''The White Flower'' is a 1923 American
silent romantic drama film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...
written and directed by
Julia Crawford Ivers
Julia Crawford Ivers (October 3, 1869 – May 8, 1930) was an American motion picture pioneer.
Biography
Born in Boonville, Missouri, in 1869, her family arrived a year later in Los Angeles. Her father was a dentist. Her mother died in 1876, whe ...
and starring
Betty Compson
Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in ''The Docks of New York'' and ...
and
Edmund Lowe
Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film.
Biography
Lowe was born in San Jose, California. His father was a local judge. His childhood home was a ...
. Ivers' son,
James Van Trees
James Crawford Van Trees (August 13, 1890 – April 11, 1973) , was the film's cinematographer. Set in
Hawaii
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, the film was shot on location in
Honolulu
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. ''The White Flower'' is now considered
lost
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.
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The White Flower''
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Cast
*Betty Compson
Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in ''The Docks of New York'' and ...
as Konia Markham
*Edmund Lowe
Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film.
Biography
Lowe was born in San Jose, California. His father was a local judge. His childhood home was a ...
as Bob Rutherford
*Edward Martindel
Edward Martindel (July 8, 1876 – May 4, 1955) was an American stage and film actor who appeared on Broadway and in more than 80 films between 1915 and 1946.
Born in Hamilton, Ohio, he was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Martindell. His s ...
as John Markham
*Arline Pretty
Arline Pretty (September 5, 1885 – April 14, 1978) was an American film actress of the silent era.
Life and career
Pretty was born September 5, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a musician.
For three years, Pretty acted on ...
as Ethel Granville
*Sylvia Ashton
Sylvia Ashton (January 26, 1880 – November 18, 1940) was an American film actress of the silent film era.
Ashton was born in Denver, Colorado. She bore a heavyset resemblance to Jane Darwell and like Darwell was playing mother and grand ...
as Mrs. Gregory Bolton
*Arthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films.
Career
Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt ma ...
as Gregory Bolton
*Leon Barry
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* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
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as David Panuahi
*Lily Philips as Bernice Martin
*Reginald Carter as Edward Graeme
*Maui Kaito as Kahuna
See also
*''Hula
Hula () is a Hawaiian dance form accompanied by chant (oli) or song (Mele (Hawaiian language), mele). It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of t ...
'' (1927)
References
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