The Shadow on the Wall (1925 film)

The Shadow on the Wall
The Shadow on the Wall
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Directed by	B. Reeves Eason
Written by	Henry McCarty; Elsie Werner;
Based on	The Picture on the Wall; by J. Breckenridge Ellis
Produced by	Samuel Sax
Starring	Eileen Percy; Creighton Hale; William V. Mong;
Cinematography	Ray June
Production; company	Gotham Productions
Distributed by	Lumas Film Corporation
Release date	November 1925;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Shadow on the Wall is a 1925 American silent mystery film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Eileen Percy, Creighton Hale, and William V. Mong.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] George Walters is a youth who is dominated by Bleary, a heartless bully, who forces him to pose as the son of millionaire George Warring, kidnapped as a baby. The missing son had a twin brother who had recently died, but a painting of the shadow of the late son is on one wall. Walters' shadow matches this painting perfectly, establishing him as the missing son to the Warring family. Walters falls in love with Warring's daughter Lucia and finds that the family attorney Glaxton is slowly poisoning the old man. Then the underworld bully makes a deal with the lawyer so that they can share the millions. Walters is able, with some assistance from Bleary's wife Missus, to bring the two scoundrels to justice. In the end it is discovered that Walters is the missing son, and Lucia is an adopted daughter, making the love finish secure.

Cast

Eileen Percy as Lucia Warring
Creighton Hale as George Walters
William V. Mong as Robert Glaxton
Dale Fuller as The Missus
Jack Curtis as Bleary
Hardee Kirkland as Hode
Willis Marks as George Warring

Preservation

A print of The Shadow on the Wall is located in the Library of Congress.^[3]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Shadow on the Wall at silentera.com
^ "Newspaper Opinions". The Film Daily. 35 (31). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 8 February 7, 1926. Retrieved August 28, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Shadow on the Wall

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

The Shadow on the Wall at IMDb

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: The Shadow on the Wall at silentera.com

[2] "Newspaper Opinions". The Film Daily. 35 (31). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 8 February 7, 1926. Retrieved August 28, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Shadow on the Wall

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