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Shadows

Released Nov 10, 1922 1h 22m Drama List
Reviews 47% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A dying Chinese laundryman converts to Christianity and saves his friend, a minister, from a blackmail plot. Read More Read Less

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Times (UK) Staff Times (UK) Mr. Chaney has already proved that lie has few equals in "character" acting for the films, and this performance is the pinnacle of his achievement. Jul 16, 2020 Full Review Robert E. Sherwood New York Herald It is a worthy production in almost every respect, and exceptionally well acted. Jul 31, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Oct 1, 2005 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Fairly effective silent with interesting Chaney performance Rated: 3/5 Oct 2, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Audience Member Fairly effective silent with interesting Chaney performance Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Absorbing, if not altogether successful, film with another solid performance by Chaney. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Why don't they make movies like this any more? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member whilst Lon Chaney's performance as a chinaman could be viewed with some scepticism as not entirely PC it would be a shame to discount this pelasant little morality tale. Chaney's performance is of it's time and is quite respectful and remarkable. whats is great about chaney is he lives and breathes his characters addied a great cedibilty to his perfomances. I have to admit I got lost following the time scale of the events but it has a great resolution and a wonderfully teary ending. another silent classic Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review harri k A beautiful, inspiring and pleasantly thoughtful, albeit slightly dated, Christian drama. This time Chaney portrays a wise and humble Chinaman yet to be convert by an eager and idealistic minister (Harrison Ford), who himself is threatened by blackmail. A nice Jungian reading seems to be available, besides the more evident Christian faith-promoting surface story. Final scenes are heartwarming and the film ends in a touching allegory. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A dying Chinese laundryman converts to Christianity and saves his friend, a minister, from a blackmail plot.
Director
Tom Forman
Screenwriter
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Production Co
B.P. Schulberg Productions
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 1922, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 22m