Release Date

08 Aug, 1910

Runtime

00:16: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; his sister puts on his uniform, takes her brother's place in the battle, and is killed. Their mother, not wanting the shameful truth to become known, closes all the shutters (hence the film's title) and keeps her son's presence a secret for many years, though two boyhood chums stumble upon the truth...

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Actors

Henry B. Walthall

Grace Henderson

Dorothy West

Joseph Graybill

Charles West

William J. Butler

Edwin August

Verner Clarges

John T. Dillon

Gladys Egan

Frank Evans

Francis J. Grandon

Alfred Paget

Mabel Van Buren

Crew

D.W. Griffith

Emmett C. Hall

Billy Bitzer