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''The White Raven'' is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by
''The White Raven'' is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by B. A. Rolfe
Benjamin Albert Rolfe (October 24, 1879 – April 23, 1956) was an American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality, and film producer.
Biography
He was born on October 24, ...
's Rolfe Photoplays
Rolfe Photoplays Inc. was an American motion picture production company established by musical entertainer B.A. Rolfe. Its productions were primarily filmed on the East Coast, usually in and around Fort Lee, New Jersey, although the company also ...
and distributed by Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures Corporation was a Film, motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leas ...
. This drama stars Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...
in an original screen story.
A copy of the film is preserved at George Eastman House
The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in ...
.
Cast
*Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...
- Nan Baldwin
*William B. Davidson
William Beatman Davidson (June 16, 1888 – September 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1915 and 1947.
Early life
Davidson was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He attended Columbia University, w ...
- The Stranger
*Walter Hitchcock
Walter Edwin Hitchcock (1872 – June 23, 1917) was an American actor. He appeared on stage, in silent films, and had several leading roles.
Career
Hitchcock was born in 1872 in Malden, Massachusetts or New Castle, Maine. In his youth, Hitchco ...
- John Blaisdell
*George A. Wright - Arthur Smithson
*Viola A. Fortescue - Mrs. Smithson
*Herbert Pattee - 'Bill' Baldwin
*Mario Majeroni
Mario Majeroni (1870–1931) was an Italian-born American playwright and stage and film actor.
Biography
Majeroni came to the United States in 1906 and started acting on Broadway that year. Prior to coming to the United States he had lived and w ...
- The Opera Impresario
*Phil Sandford - The Dance Hall Proprietor
*Ethel Dayton - Sylvia Blaisdell
*Ned Finlay - The Miner
See also
*Ethel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; 1879–1959) was an American actress of stage, screen and radio. She came from a family of actors; she was the middle child of Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, and had two brothers, Lionel an ...
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* * * 1917 films American silent feature films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by George D. Baker Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub