White Thunder is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Yakima Canutt, William H. Turner, and Lew Meehan.[1][2]

White Thunder
Film poster
Directed byBen F. Wilson
Written byKingsley Benedict
Produced byBen F. Wilson
StarringYakima Canutt
William H. Turner
Lew Meehan
CinematographyAllen G. Siegler
Production
company
Ben Wilson Productions
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Ideal Films (UK)
Release date
  • May 24, 1925 (1925-05-24)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] shortly after Chick Richards' father, who is the local sheriff, is killed, the youth enters an Eastern college. An ace of spades was on the arm of the murderer of his father. A feud breaks out between cattle ranchers and sheep farmers. A card of the ace of spades is found as a warning to one of the men. Black Morgan's gang is repulsed when the other cowboys are championed by a masked rider clothed in white. Chick returns from college, dressed in white flannels and wearing a cane. His sweetheart Alice and others become disgusted with Chick, because he appears to have no interest in solving the mystery of his father's death. Alice is then attacked by Black Morgan. The rider in white appears, throws off his outer robe to fight Morgan, and everyone sees that it is Chick. Morgan is whipped and he and his gang are put in jail. Chick becomes sheriff and later marries Alice.

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References

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  1. ^ Munden, p. 896.
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: White Thunder at silentera.com
  3. ^ "New Pictures: White Thunder", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (1), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 151–52, June 27, 1925, retrieved May 30, 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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