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Haunting Shadows (1920)

Haunting Shadows poster
Directed by
Henry King
Genre
silent film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man inherits a remote house and must follow a set of rules to claim his fortune. He encounters suspicious characters and a romantic interest while trying to solve the house's secrets.

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What happens

Haunting Shadows is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Henry King and starring H.B. Warner, Edward Peil Sr., and Charles Hill Mailes. It was based on 1906 novel which had previously been made into a 1915 silent film, and would later be remade by Republic Pictures as a sound film The House of a Thousand Candles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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