Shadows (Silent)
Lon Chaney is a Chinese immigrant who makes a profound difference in the lives of simple townsfolk in a small New England fishing village.
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- Based On The Story "Ching Ching Chinaman" By Wilbur Daniel Steele
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 21, 2003
- Originally Released: 1922
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Lon Chaney | |
Performer: | Harrison Ford, Marguerite De La Motte, Harrison Ford & Walter Long | |
Featured: | John Sainpolis | |
Directed by | Tom Forman | |
Music by | Ernst Luz | |
Screenplay by | Hope Loring & Eve Unsell | |
Cinematography by | Harry Perry |
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Rating: 3/5 --
Fairly effective silent with interesting Chaney performance
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Description by OLDIES.com:
Lon Chaney portrays Chinese laundryman Yen Sin who is shipwrecked by a raging storm and tossed ashore in a small New England town. Sin is viewed as a heathen and treated as less-than-human by the majority of the "good Christian" town-folk. The exceptions are the minister (Harrison Ford) and a lovely young widow (Marguerite De La Motte) of a cruel fisherman. Yen Sin plays matchmaker for the young couple, and then defends them when plans of ill-intent come to light.Filmed in a period when Asian characters were only villains or comic relief, this movie dared to have an Asian protagonist. Although it was originally poorly received, it was later awarded a special commendation from the National Board of Review. Lon Chaney received international acclaim the following year for his portrayal of Quasimodo in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
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After a woman remarries, her thought-to-be-dead husband returns and blackmails her and her new husband so that they may continue to live happily ever after. Silent film.
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Shadows is Silent Poem of Providence
Movie Lover: Wayne S from
Knoxville, TN US -- May, 4, 2004
This is an amazing movie on all levels with slight scene chewing last 20 minutes. Lon Chaney gives a remarkable performance as Yin who as the "Heathen" brings harmony to the simple lives of a small New England fishing community. Watching the transformation of Lon Chaney -- you would think he was this simple peasant. Film reminds me of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" -- how misery can bring about good. It is a treasure for your collection!
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