''The White Moll'' is a
lost
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History
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1920 American silent feature length crime drama film directed by
Harry Millarde
Harry F. Millarde (November 12, 1885 – November 2, 1931) was a pioneer American silent film actor and director.
Biography
Millarde was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem Studios in New York City. In 19 ...
and starring
Pearl White
Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at the age of six, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials.
Dubbed the "Queen of ...
. It was produced and distributed by the
Fox Film Corporation
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.
Progressive Silent Film List: ''The White Moll''
at silentera.com
It was based on a novel by the same name, by Frank L. Packard
Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 – February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.
Life
Frank L. Packard was born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liège. As a young man he worked as a civil enginee ...
.
It marked Pearl White's return to feature films and her first film for Fox Film Corporation.
Cast
*Pearl White
Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at the age of six, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials.
Dubbed the "Queen of ...
as Rhoda, The White Moll
*Richard Travers
Richard Travers (15 April 1885 – 20 April 1935) was a Canadian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1912 and 1930.
Selected filmography
*''Homespun'' (1913) short for Essanay
*''The Ambition of the ...
as The Adventurer, The Pug (credited as Richard C. Travers)
*Jack Baston
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People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
as The Dangler (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
* Walter P. Lewis as The Sparrow (credited as Walter Lewis)
*Eva Gordon as Gypsy Nan
*John Woodford as Father Michael
*George Pauncefort as Rhoda's Father
*Charles Slattery as Detective Henry
*John P. Wade as The Rich Man
*William Harvey as Skinny
*Blanche Davenport (unconfirmed role)
See also
*1937 Fox vault fire
The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...
References
External links
*
allmovie/synopsis; ''The White Moll''
*Packard, Frank L. (1920),
The White Moll
', Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, on the Internet Archive
1920 films
American silent feature films
Lost American crime drama films
Films based on Canadian novels
Fox Film films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Harry F. Millarde
1920 crime drama films
1920 lost films
1920s American films
Silent American crime drama films
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