The House with Closed Shutters
The House with Closed Shutters
Release: 1910-08-08
·Runtime: 16m
·★ 5.3
Drama
War
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...
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Cast
Charles West
as Agnes's First Suitor
Edwin August
Alfred Paget
as On Porch / At Farewell
Dorothy West
as Agnes Randolph - Charles' Sister
Verner Clarges
as In Lee's Tent
Gladys Egan
as On Porch / At Farewell
Francis J. Grandon
as In Lee's Tent
Mabel Van Buren
as On Porch / At Farewell
Henry B. Walthall
as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
Grace Henderson
as The Randolph's Mother
Joseph Graybill
as Agnes's Second Suitor
