A century-old romance where shutters open on secrets—and hearts.
When her father, an indigent artist, dies, Sylvia Lacey goes to live with her Aunt Martha and her uncle, Judge Trent, in New England, where she is unwanted and humiliated. Though she and John Dunham, her uncle's young law partner, fall in love, she believes he intends to marry the daughter of a wealthy neighbor.
Acting
Edith Roberts' expressive eyes do all the talking.
Production
Glimmer of 1921 New England society aesthetics, now lost.
Direction
Worthington crafts tension without a single spoken word.
Director
William Worthington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of countless 1920s 'poor relation' romances capitalizing on class anxiety in booming America.
The film is considered lost—no known prints survive, making this review-based reconstruction the closest we'll get.
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