''Lifting Shadows'' is a 1920 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Léonce Perret Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer.The Museum of Modern Art(retrieved 7 June 2007) He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avan ...

and starring

Emmy Wehlen Emily "Emmy" Wehlen (1887–1977) was a German-born Edwardian musical comedy and silent film actress who vanished from the public eye while in her early thirties. Biography Wehlen was born in Mannheim, Germany, where, as a teenager, she rece ...

Stuart Holmes Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes. Biog ...

and

Wyndham Standing Charles Wyndham Standing''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c. 2001 page 497 (23 August 1880 – 1 February 1963) was an English film actor. Early years Standing was born in London, England and died in Los Angele ...

.Shull p.249

Plot

Cast

as Vania *

as Clifford Howard *

as Hugh Mason *

Julia Swayne Gordon Julia Swayne Gordon (born Sarah Victoria Smith; October 29, 1878 – May 28, 1933) was an American actress who appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933. Early years Gordon was born in Columbus, Ohio to Louis and Anna Smith and was ...

as Countess Vera Lobanoff * F. French as Gregory Lobanoff * Rafael Bongini as Serge Ostrowski

References

Bibliography

* Michael Slade Shull. ''Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909-1929: A Filmography and History''. McFarland, 2015.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films Films directed by Léonce Perret 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-drama-film-stub