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The House with Closed Shutters is a american film of genre Drama directed by D. W. Griffith released in USA on 8 august 1910 with Henry B. Walthall

The House with Closed Shutters (1910)

The House with Closed Shutters
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Released in USA 8 august 1910
Length 16minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Historical
Rating58% 2.941682.941682.941682.941682.94168

The House with Closed Shutters is a 1910 American drama film directed by D.W. Griffith. Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House and the Library of Congress.

Synopsis

During the American Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; his sister puts on his uniform, takes her brother's place in the battle, and is killed. Their mother, not wanting the shameful truth to become known, closes all the shutters (hence the film's title) and keeps her son's presence a secret for many years, until two boyhood chums stumble upon the truth.

Actors

Henry B. Walthall

(Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier)Grace Henderson

(The Randolph's Mother)Dorothy West

(Agnes Randolph - Charles' Sister)William J. Butler

(The Colored Servant)Edwin August
And :
Charles West
Verner Clarges
Gladys Egan
John T. Dillon
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