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Shadows
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Lon Chaney portrays Chinese Iaundryman Yen Sin who is shipwrecked by a raging storm and tossed ashore in a small New EngIand town. Sin is viewed as a heathen and treated as less-than-human by the majority of the "good Christian" town-folk. The exceptions are the minister (Harrison Ford) and a loveIy young widow (Marguerite De La Motte) of a cruel fisherman. Yen Sin plays matchmaker for the young couple, and then defends them when plans of iIl-intent come to Iight.FiImed in a period when Asian characters were onIy viIIains or comic reIief, this movie dared to have an Asian protagonist. Although it was originaIIy poorIy received, it was later awarded a special commendation from the NationaI Board of Review. Lon Chaney received internationaI accIaim the following year for his portrayal of Quasimodo in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. |
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