''Opened Shutters'' is a 1921 American silent

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directed by William Worthington and starring Edith Roberts, Josef Swickard and

Joseph Singleton Joseph Edward Victor Fairfield Daveran Singleton (1 March 1879 – 24 October 1946) was an actor of the silent film, silent era. An Australian, he appeared in 74 films between 1913 and 1925. He was born in Melbourne. Selected filmography ...

.Connelly p.392 It is a remake of the 1914 film '' The Opened Shutters'', based on a novel by Clara Louise Burnham.

Plot

Cast

* Edith Roberts as Sylvia Lacey * Josef Swickard as Sam Lacey *

as Nat Morris * Mai Wells as Martha Lacey * Clark Comstock as Judge Calvin Trent *

Edmund Burns Edmund Burns (sometimes billed as Edward Burns; September 27, 1892 – April 2, 1980 ) was an American actor. Early years Burns was a twin and one of 13 children in a Catholic family in Philadelphia. He acted in plays when he was in high scho ...

as John Dunham * Charles Clary as Jacob Johnson * Floyce Brown as Mrs. Lem Foster *

Nola Luxford Nola Luxford (born Adelaide Minola Pratt; 23 December 1895 – 10 October 1994) was a New Zealand-born American film actress, spanning from the silent films, silent film era to the 1930s. During the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she was ...

as Edna Derwent * Andrew Waldron as Captain Lem Foster * Lorraine Weiler as Minty

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by William Worthington 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub