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The House with Closed Shutters

5.2 16 mins Drama   War   1910
American Mutoscope & Biograph  
Director(s): D.W. Griffith

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...

Casts of The House with Closed Shutters

Henry B. Walthall

as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier

Grace Henderson

as The Randolph's Mother

Dorothy West

as Agnes Randolph - Charles' Sister

Joseph Graybill

as Agnes's Second Suitor

Charles West

as Agnes's First Suitor

William J. Butler

as The Colored Servant

Verner Clarges

as In Lee's Tent

John T. Dillon

as On Porch / At Farewell / In Lee's Tent

Gladys Egan

as On Porch / At Farewell

Frank Evans

as In Lee's Tent

Francis J. Grandon

as In Lee's Tent

Alfred Paget

as On Porch / At Farewell

Mabel Van Buren

as On Porch / At Farewell

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