The Great Shadow | |
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Directed by | Harley Knoles |
Written by |
Rudolph Berliner Eve Unsell |
Produced by |
Lewis J. Selznick George Brownridge |
Starring |
Tyrone Power Sr. Donald Hall Dorothy Bernard |
Cinematography |
George Coudert Philip Hatkin |
Edited by | Ralph Ince |
Production company | Adanac Producing Company |
Distributed by | Selznick Distributing Corporation |
Release date | April 21, 1920 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Great Shadow is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Tyrone Power Sr., Donald Hall and Dorothy Bernard. [1]
The making of the film is the subject of the Canadian play of the same name, written by Alex Poch-Golden. [2]
Jim McDonald, the head of a union, struggles against a group of Bolsheviks led by Klimoff. A strike is called and McDonald's child is killed due to sabotage. Elsie, daughter of the capitalist Donald Alexander, is kidnapped by the Bolsheviks, but is saved by her lover, a secret agent. [3]
The film was sponsored by the Canadian Reconstruction Association. A Vickers factory in Montreal and a film studio in Trenton, Ontario were used for filming. Union members at the factory were used as unpaid extras. [3]