The White Desert is a 1925

1925 in film

-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Reginald Barker. The film stars Claire Windsor

Claire Windsor

Claire Windsor was a notable American film actress of the silent screen era.-Early life:Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk in 1892 to George Edwin and Rosella R. Fearing Cronk in Marvin, Phillips County, Kansas of Scandinavian heritage. Her parents later moved to Cawker City, Kansas when she was...

 and Pat O'Malley, with Robert Frazer

Robert Frazer

rightRobert W. Frazer born Robert William Browne on 29 June 1891 in Worcester, Massachusetts, US, was an American actor who appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s until his death on 17 August 1944 in Los Angeles, California, US, due to leukemia...

, Frank Currier

Frank Currier

Frank Currier was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between 1912 and 1928. He also directed 19 films in 1916...

 and Sojin

Sojin

Sōjin Kamiyama or just Sōjin was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in over 70 films between 1917 and 1954...

. It is written by Monte M. Katterjohn and Gordon Rigby

Gordon Rigby

Gordon Rigby was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 47 films between 1921 and 1948.He was born and died in Los Angeles.-Selected filmography:* Song of the Flame * Under a Texas Moon...

. This 'B' movie was produced to keep the Loew circuit and other cinemas supplied.

Cast

• Claire Windsor
  Claire Windsor
  Claire Windsor was a notable American film actress of the silent screen era.-Early life:Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk in 1892 to George Edwin and Rosella R. Fearing Cronk in Marvin, Phillips County, Kansas of Scandinavian heritage. Her parents later moved to Cawker City, Kansas when she was...
  
   - Robinette
• Pat O'Malley - Barry
• Robert Frazer
  Robert Frazer
  rightRobert W. Frazer born Robert William Browne on 29 June 1891 in Worcester, Massachusetts, US, was an American actor who appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s until his death on 17 August 1944 in Los Angeles, California, US, due to leukemia...
  
   - Keith
• Frank Currier
  Frank Currier
  Frank Currier was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between 1912 and 1928. He also directed 19 films in 1916...
  
   - Saul MacFarlane
• William Eugene - Foster
• Roy Laidlaw - Engineer
• Sojin
  Sojin
  Sōjin Kamiyama or just Sōjin was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in over 70 films between 1917 and 1954...
  
   - Chinese Cook
• Priscilla Bonner
  Priscilla Bonner
  Priscilla Bonner was an American silent film actress.-Career:Born in Washington, D.C., Bonner made her film debut opposite Charles Ray in the 1920 film Homer Comes Home, after being signed to MGM that same year. She went on to co-star with Jack Pickford in The Man Who Had Everything , Lon Chaney, Sr...
  
   - Mrs. Foster
• Snitz Edwards
  Snitz Edwards
  Snitz Edwards was a notable character actor of the early years of the silent film era into the 1930s.- Background and career on the stage :...
  
   - Runt
• Milton Ross - Doctor Carter
• Matthew Betz - Buck Carson

Other Information

The film was shot on Rollins Pass, Colorado, at the Corona townsite. Corona was a town dedicated to keeping the rail line open during the harsh winter, and was partially underground in a trench along the tracks, and under a snow shed.

The film was adapted from Denver author Courtney Ryley Cooper

Courtney Ryley Cooper

Courtney Ryley Cooper was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time "the best informed man on crime in the U...

s book "The White Desert" (1922).