The House with Closed Shutters (1910)

1910 · Silent film · 16 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama
• War

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Synopsis

During the 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, though two boyhood chums stumble upon the truth...

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Emmett C. Hall

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1910-08-08

Running time

16 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Henry B. Walthall
• Grace Henderson
• Dorothy West
• Joseph Graybill
• Charles West
• WWilliam J. Butler
• Edwin August
• Verner Clarges

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