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The Woman in White
Also known as The Unfortunate Marriage in the USA
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Ernest C. Warde
Cast: Florence La Badie (Florence LaBadie) [Laura Fairlie, later Lady Laura Glyde; and Ann Catherick], Richard R. Neill [Sir Percival Glyde], Wayne Arey [Walter Hartridge], Arthur Bower (Arthur Bauer) [Fosco], [?] Margaret Dallas or Gertrude Dallas? [Marian Holcombe, Laura’s half-sister], J.H. Gilmour [Frederic Fairlie, Laura’s uncle], Claude Cooper [Nicola Pesca, the Brazilian secret service agent], [?] ? [Ann’s mother], [?] ? [the asylum director], [?] ? [Glyde’s manservant], [?] ? [the maid attending Marian], [?] ? [the maid attending Laura], [?] ? [the old woman housing Ann], [?] ? [Walter’s landlady]
Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Gold Rooster Plays]. / Scenario by Lloyd F. Lonergan, from the novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Cinematography by William M. Zollinger. Presented by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / No copyright registration. Released 1 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA as The Unfortunate Marriage by Candler Pictures in 1921; which may have been reedited to five reels with new intertitles by M.G. Cohn and J.F. Natteford (and some character names may have been changed from those in the original release, such as Fosco to Doctor Cuneo, also known as Stefano Conari). The novel was subsequently filmed as The Twin Pawns (1919).
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Nichol collection) [35mm nitrate positive (1921 rerelease version), 35mm safety negative (1921 rerelease version)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 March 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 99 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Ned Thanhouser.
Home video: DVD.
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