The White Rose (1923)
A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and finds himself attracted to a poor, unsophisticated orphan girl, Bessie. One thing leads to another, and before long Bessie finds that she is pregnant with Joseph's child.
Director: D.W. Griffith
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Mae Marsh as Bessie |
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Carol Dempster as Marie |
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Ivor Novello as Joseph |
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Neil Hamilton as John White |
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Lucille La Verne as Auntie Easter |
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Porter Strong as Apollo |
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Jane Thomas as Cigarstand Girl |
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Kate Bruce as John's Aunt |
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Erville Alderson as Man of the World |
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Herbert Sutch as The Bishop |
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Joseph Burke as The Landlord |
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Mary Foy as The Landlady |
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Charles Emmett Mack as Guest at the Inn |
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Uncle Tom Jenkins as An Old Negro |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Edward Scholl | Special Effects |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Camera | Hendrik Sartov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Harold S. Sintzenich | Director of Photography |
| Art | Charles M. Kirk | Art Direction |
| Sound | Joseph Carl Breil | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Herbert Sutch | Assistant Director |