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Shadows

Name: Shadows
Director: Tom Forman
Released: 1922-01-01

1922 silent drama film by Tom Forman

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Released: 1922
Director: Tom Forman
Screenwriter: Eve Unsell
Producer: B. P. Schulberg
Cast: Lon Chaney
, Marguerite De La Motte
, Harrison Ford
, Walter Long
Runtime: 70 min
Genre: drama film
, silent film
Country of origin: United States

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Shadows is a dramatic 1922 silent film starring Lon Chaney, Marguerite De La Motte, Harrison Ford and John Sainpolis. Shadows is a tale of a gentle Chinese immigrant trying to make a life for himself in a small New England town who comes across a vile plot to blackmail two good townspeople. It was directed by Tom Forman. The screenplay was written by Eve Unsell and Hope Loring, based on Ching, Ching, Chinaman, a short story by Wilbur Daniel Steele. The photography was by Harry Perry, and Louis Gottschalk supplied the music score, for which Eve Unsell also wrote the lyrics. The following year, as Chaney was preparing to star in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, he suggested Marguerite De La Motte for the role of Esmeralda, but the part went to Patsy Ruth Miller instead.

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Title: Shadows
Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3
Director of photography: Harry Perry
Color: black-and-white
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States

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