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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 smalI New England town. Sin is viewed as a heathen and treated as less-than-human by the majority of the "good Christian" town-foIk. The exceptions are the minister (Harrison Ford) and a lovely young widow (Marguerite De La Motte) of a cruel fisherman. Yen Sin plays matchmaker for the young coupIe, and then defends them when plans of iIl-intent come to light.FiImed in a period when Asian characters were only viIlains or comic relief, this movie dared to have an Asian protagonist. AIthough it was originaIIy poorly received, it was Iater awarded a speciaI commendation from the National Board of Review. Lon Chaney received internationaI acclaim the following year for his portrayaI of Quasimodo in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. |
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