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Directed by | Louis J. Gasnier |
Produced by | B.P. Schulberg |
Written by | George Agnew Chamberlain (story), Olga Printzlau |
Cinematography | Karl Struss |
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Distributed by | Al Lichtman Corporation/Preferred Pictures |
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70 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Silent film English intertitles |
White Man is a lost 1924 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and is also Clark Gable's film debut. The film is set in a diamond mine in South Africa.
Lady Andrea Pellor (Joyce) is engaged with a South African wealthy mine owner only to save her family from misery. Before the wedding, she changes her mind about marrying the rich man for the wrong reasons, and she begs a pilot known as "White Man" (Harlan) to take her with him.
They land in the jungle where Lady Andrea contracts fever, he takes care or her until she is completely recovered. They fall in love, but Lady Andrea suspects he is a fugitive.