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Director
  
D. W. Griffith

Screenplay
  
Emmett C. Hall

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Short, Drama

Cinematography
  
Billy Bitzer

Writer
  
Emmett C. Hall

Language
  
Silent

The House with Closed Shutters movie poster

Release date
  
August 8, 1910 (1910-08-08)

Cast
  
Henry B. Walthall
(The Confederate soldier),
Grace Henderson
(His mother),
Dorothy West
(His sister)

Similar movies
  
Related D W Griffith movies

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.

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Plot

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.

Cast

  • Henry B. Walthall as The Confederate soldier
  • Grace Henderson as His mother
  • Dorothy West as His sister
  • Joseph Graybill as Her suitor
  • Charles West as Her suitor
  • William J. Butler as The colored servant (as W. J. Butler)
  • Edwin August
  • Verner Clarges as In Lee's Tent
  • John T. Dillon as On Porch/At Farewell/In Lee's Tent (as Jack Dillon)
  • Gladys Egan as On Porch/At Farewell
  • Frank Evans as In Lee's Tent
  • Francis J. Grandon as In Lee's Tent
  • Alfred Paget as On Porch/At Farewell
  • Mabel Van Buren as On Porch/At Farewell

    • References

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