''Shadows of Suspicion'' is a 1919 American
silent thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
directed by
Edwin Carewe
Edwin Carewe ( Chickasaw Nation, March 3, 1883 – January 22, 1940) was a Native American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.
Early life and education
Jay John Fox was born on March 3, 1883, in Gainesville, Texas. H ...
and starring
Harold Lockwood
Harold A. Lockwood (April 12, 1887 – October 19, 1918) was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s.
Early life and career
Born in Brook ...
,
Naomi Childers, and
Helen Lindroth
Helen Lindroth (December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956) was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress.
Biography
Lindroth acted on stage with the Boston Museum Stock Company and in New York City before entering motion pictures with the Ka ...
. It is based on the 1915 novel ''The Yellow Dove'' by
George Fort Gibbs, which was later remade as the 1926 film ''
The Great Deception''. Lockwood died in the
1918 flu pandemic
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while filming was ongoing, and a
body double
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was required to complete the film.
Synopsis
After refusing to join the army on the outbreak of
World War I
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, Cyril Hammersley is suspected of being a coward or worse a German spy. In fact he is working for the British secret service to tackle a German spy ring and thwart a plan to blow up London.
Cast
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Harold Lockwood
Harold A. Lockwood (April 12, 1887 – October 19, 1918) was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s.
Early life and career
Born in Brook ...
as Cyril Hammersley
*
Naomi Childers as Doris Mathers
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Helen Lindroth
Helen Lindroth (December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956) was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress.
Biography
Lindroth acted on stage with the Boston Museum Stock Company and in New York City before entering motion pictures with the Ka ...
as Lady Betty Heathcote
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Kenneth Keating
Kenneth Barnard Keating (May 18, 1900 – May 5, 1975) was an American politician, diplomat, and judge who served as a United States Senator representing New York from 1959 until 1965. A member of the Republican Party, he also served in th ...
as Geoffrey Mathers
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William Bailey as Captain Walter Byfield
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Bigelow Cooper
Jackson Bigelow Cooper (December 21, 1867 – 1953) was an American stage and screen character actor prominent in the silent film era.
Biography
Born in Springfield, Ohio in 1867, Cooper's early acting experience came in stock theater, including ...
as Sir John Rizzio
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Leslie T. Peacocke as Chief of Scotland Yard
Preservation
With no prints of ''Shadows of Suspicion'' located in any film archives, it is considered a
lost film
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.
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Shadows of Suspicion''
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References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1919 films
1919 lost films
1910s thriller films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American thriller films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Edwin Carewe
Metro Pictures films
American World War I films
Films set in London
Films set in England
1910s American films
English-language thriller films
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