Shadows of Suspicion

1919 film directed by Edwin Carewe

Shadows of Suspicion

Directed by| Edwin Carewe
Written by| Finis Fox
Based on| The Yellow Dove
by George Fort Gibbs
Starring| Harold Lockwood
Naomi Childers
Helen Lindroth
Cinematography| Rudolph J. Bergquist

Production
company

Yorke Film Corporation

Distributed by| Metro Pictures

Release date

* February 23, 1919 (1919-02-23)

Running time

| 5 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Shadows of Suspicion is a 1919 American silent thriller film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Harold Lockwood, Naomi Childers, and Helen Lindroth.[1] It is based on the 1915 novel The Yellow Dove by George Fort Gibbs, which was later remade as the 1926 film The Great Deception. Lockwood died in the 1918 flu pandemic while filming was ongoing, and a body double was required to complete the film.

## Synopsis

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After refusing to join the army on the outbreak of World War I, Cyril Hammersley is suspected of being a coward or worse a German spy. In fact he is working for the British secret service to tackle a German spy ring and thwart a plan to blow up London.

## Cast

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* Harold Lockwood as Cyril Hammersley
* Naomi Childers as Doris Mathers
* Helen Lindroth as Lady Betty Heathcote
* Kenneth Keating as Geoffrey Mathers
* William Bailey as Captain Walter Byfield
* Bigelow Cooper as Sir John Rizzio
* Leslie T. Peacocke as Chief of Scotland Yard

## Preservation

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With no prints of Shadows of Suspicion located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Goble p. 949.
2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Shadows of Suspicion

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

## External links

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