Set on an Arizona sheep ranch, where a Mexicandance-hall girl joins her new husband and his embittered old father, White Goldis a mood piece in the vein of Seastrom's The Wind, which it preceded. "Thefilm that established William K. Howard's reputation as a major director, WhiteGold was a tremendous critical success in 1927 and prompted one trade critic towrite, 'Deeper psychology is revealed in this film than in any other everproduced in America.' Inevitably, White Gold has lost some of its luster throughthe years (but it) does hold up rather well today. At first one suspects thatthis is a film with an unjustly inflated reputation, but as the film proceeds itspower grows, and its climax is a real bombshell. To discuss it in detail would beto rob it of its essential element of surprise, but in at least one respect,which will be readily apparent, Howard anticipates one of Hitchcock's tricks inPsycho."-William K. Everson