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The House with Closed Shutters (1910)

The House with Closed Shutters (1910)

Drama War
Release Date: 1910, August 8
Directors: D.W. Griffith
Countries: United States of America
Production: American Mutoscope & Biograph
Cast: Dorothy West, Charles West, Henry B. Walthall, Frank Evans, John T. Dillon, Mabel Van Buren, Francis J. Grandon, Alfred Paget, Grace Henderson, William J. Butler, Joseph Graybill, Gladys Egan

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...