The Great White Way (1924 film)

The Great White Way
Still showing a rehearsal with Ned Wayburn and Anita Stewart
Directed byE. Mason Hopper
E. J. Babille (assistant)
Written byLuther Reed (adaptation)
L. Dayle (scenario)
Old Master Studio (intertitles)
Based on"Cain and Mabel"
by Harry Charles Witwer
Produced byWilliam Randolph Hearst
StarringAnita Stewart
Oscar Shaw
CinematographyHenry Cronjager
Harold Wenstrom
Edited byWalter Futter
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • January 3, 1924 (1924-01-03)
Running time
10 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Great White Way is a 1924 American silent comedy film centered on the sport of boxing.[1] It was directed by E. Mason Hopper and produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures. The film was made with the cooperation of the New York City Fire Department. The film stars Oscar Shaw and Anita Stewart. It was remade twelve years later as Cain and Mabel with Marion Davies and Clark Gable.[2][3]

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Great White Way
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Film Catalogue Feature Films 1921-30 c.1971 page 313 by The American Film Institute
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Great White Way (wayback archived) at silentera.com