Lights and Shadows
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Lights and Shadows is a 1914 silent
drama film
directed by Joe De Grasse
and featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.
The film is now considered to be lost
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Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Joe De Grasse
Joe De Grasse
Joseph Louis De Grasse was a Canadian film director. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse....
and featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
The film is now considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
- Bentley - Pauline BushPauline Bush (actress)Pauline Bush was an American silent film actress.Nicknamed "The Madonna of the Movies", she married actor Allan Dwan in 1915. They divorced in 1921. From 1910 to 1924, she appeared in some 250 movies...
- Mother / Daughter - Tom FormanTom FormanTom Forman was a motion picture actor, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.- Life and career :Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and...
- Laura OakleyLaura OakleyLaura Oakley was an American silent film actress. She was signed in 1912 and starred in about 50 films before her retirement from film in 1920. She starred with William Garwood in films such as Lord John in New York and The Grey Sisterhood...
- Betty SchadeBetty SchadeBetty Schade was a German-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 120 films between 1913 and 1921....
- Joe De GrasseJoe De GrasseJoseph Louis De Grasse was a Canadian film director. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse....
- Beatrice VanBeatrice VanBeatrice Van was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for both silent and sound films....
- Helen Wright