Shadow of the Law (1926 film)

Shadow of the Law is a 1926 American silent crime drama film starring Clara Bow as a woman sent to prison for a crime she did not commit. Directed by Wallace Worsley, the screenplay was written by Leah Baird and Grover Jones and was based on the novel Two Gates by Harry Chapman Ford.[1][2] Shadow of the Law is now regarded as lost.[3][4]

Shadow of the Law
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Directed byWallace Worsley
Screenplay byLeah Baird
Grover Jones
Based onTwo Gates
by Harry Chapman Ford
Produced byLeah Baird
Arthur F. Beck
StarringClara Bow
Forrest Stanley
CinematographyRay June
Distributed byAssociated Exhibitors
Release date
  • January 24, 1926 (1926-01-24) (United States)
Running time
50 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[5] Mary Brophy, a young woman who is unjustly jailed by a master crook whom she refuses to wed, later meets and falls in love with James Reynolds, a young man who becomes her protector. While Mary is in jail, her father falls under the evil influence of the criminal gang leader. At a reception the young woman’s father is shot by the man she refused to wed. He is brought to justice and her romance thereafter goes smoothly.

Cast

References
  1. Parrish, James Robert (1972). The Paramount Pretties. Arlington House. p. 83. ISBN 0-870-00180-9.
  2. Shadow of the Law; Allmovie.com
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Shadow of the Law
  4. Shadow of the Law at silentera.com
  5. "New Pictures: Shadow of the Law". Exhibitors Herald. Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co. 24 (2): 66. December 26, 1925. Retrieved January 17, 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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