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Shadows

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A dying Chinese laundryman converts to Christianity and saves his friend, a minister, from a blackmail plot.

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Times (UK) Staff The Times (UK) 07/16/2020
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. Go to Full Review
Robert E. Sherwood New York Herald 07/31/2019
It is a worthy production in almost every respect, and exceptionally well acted. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/01/2005
2/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 10/02/2002
3/5
Fairly effective silent with interesting Chaney performance Go to Full Review
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01/02/2014 Fairly effective silent with interesting Chaney performance See more 02/15/2010 Absorbing, if not altogether successful, film with another solid performance by Chaney. See more 08/03/2009 Why don't they make movies like this any more? See more 09/23/2008 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 See more harri k 04/29/2008 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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