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The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Overview
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…
Length 16 minutes
Actors
Henry B. Walthall | Grace Henderson | Dorothy West | Joseph Graybill | Charles West | William J. Butler | Edwin August | Verner Clarges | John T. Dillon | Gladys Egan | Frank Evans | Francis J. Grandon | Alfred Paget | Mabel Van Buren