The House with Closed Shutters
About The House with Closed Shutters
Charles Randolph, a Confederate officer and a drinker, loses his nerve in battle and runs home. His sister Agnes puts on his uniform, takes his place, and is killed. Their mother closes every shutter and keeps him in the house so the town will not learn who really ran. Years later two of his boyhood friends find him there and hear what happened. The sister was buried under her brother's name.
Cast & crew
More about The House with Closed Shutters
D. W. Griffith directed. Emmett C. Hall wrote the script. Shot between June 25 and July 2, 1910: interiors at Biograph's Manhattan studio, exteriors in Fort Lee. Released at 998 feet.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer photographed the interiors on 14th Street and the Fort Lee exteriors, cutting between the hidden brother and the sister in the battle.
Preservation
Prints are at the Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House, and the Library of Congress.
Notes
- Henry B. Walthall plays Charles Randolph. Dorothy West plays Agnes. Grace Henderson plays their mother.
- Joseph Graybill and Charles West play the sister's suitors.
- The Library of Congress summary says the last scenes take place twenty-five years later.
- Copyright J144163, August 11, 1910.
- Prints are at the Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House, and the Library of Congress.
Scenes
- Agnes puts on the Confederate uniform and rides back to the fight.
- The mother closes the shutters on the house.
- Two boyhood friends find Charles still inside, years later.
Also available
- Museum of Modern Art
- George Eastman Museum
- Library of Congress
