White Tiger | 1923 | Crime Drama

Title: White Tiger | 1923 | Crime Drama Director: Tod Browning Studio: Universal Pictures Starring: Priscilla Dean, Matt Moore, Raymond Griffith, Wallace Beery, Alfred Allen Based on: Original story by Tod Browning Release Date: December 17 1923 Runtime: Approximately 86 minutes Format: Silent black and white Country: United States Language: Silent with English intertitles Genres: Crime Drama --- Chapters: 00:00:00 Opening and criminal betrayal 00:15:00 Siblings separated in youth 00:30:00 Reunion with Hawkes and scheme 00:45:00 Chess-player automaton con 01:00:00 Heist and retreat to cabin 01:15:00 Tensions and resolution --- Summary: White Tiger is a 1923 American silent crime drama directed by Tod Browning that follows three international crooks who execute a major jewel robbery using a mechanical chess-playing automaton as a ruse. Sylvia Donovan and Roy Donovan, unaware they are brother and sister after being separated in childhood, join forces with the criminal Hawkes to carry out the con, leading them to New York society. Once the heist succeeds, the trio hides out together in a remote cabin where mutual distrust escalates and true identities begin to surface, blending crime narrative with themes of deception, fate, and familial revelation. --- Background: Directed and co-written by Tod Browning with Charles Kenyon, White Tiger was produced by Universal Pictures as a “Universal Jewel” release. One of Browning’s silent era crime films, it showcases his early interest in complex character interactions among criminals and foreshadows thematic elements he would explore in later works. Prints of the film survive in archives and it has been made available on home video formats. --- Trivia: White Tiger was reportedly made shortly after Browning’s *Outside the Law* and shares stylistic and thematic similarities with that earlier film. The story features a mechanical automaton used as a criminal device, a narrative element unusual in crime films of the period. The film was released by Universal Pictures and survives in archival prints, including 16mm reduction positives. --- Public Domain / Rights: Original Release: December 17 1923 Original Studio / Distributor: Universal Pictures Copyright Status: Public Domain Renewal: Unknown --- Hashtags: #WhiteTiger1923 #TodBrowning #PriscillaDean #SilentFilm #CrimeDrama #UniversalPictures #PublicDomain