"characterised by fluid narrative"

Film I've been hesitant to mention the discovery of the lost "Alfred Hitchcock" film because the coverage has been generally misleading and I've been waiting for someone to do the leg work and write something coherent about the actual director Graham Cutts who, contrary to reports which have played down his contribution, was something of a film pioneer. Enter The Bioscope to redress the balance:

"Graham Cutts (1885-1958) was arguably the leading British film director of the 1920s. Working with Herbert Wilcox and then Michael Balcon, two of Britain’s top producers of the period, Cutts made stylish romantic dramas characterised by fluid narrative, sumptuous production (on slim budgets) and subtly emotional performances. It could be argued that he was the first British film director to think cinematically."

The discovery of a film, or even a section of a film from this era is still remarkable. Statistics are fluid but for various reasons only a smallish percentage of work survives leading to a relatively distorted view of the development of film technique. The White Shadow adds to our knowledge, no matter who directed it.