Shifting Sands (1918)
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36% want to see it
(11 ratings)
Gloria Swanson was still being referred to as a former Keystone star when this drama was released. Here she is struggling artist Marcia Grey, who repulses the advances of rent collector Von Holtz (Harvey Clark). He vindictively has her framed for a theft, and she is sent to jail. When she is… More Gloria Swanson was still being referred to as a former Keystone star when this drama was released. Here she is struggling artist Marcia Grey, who repulses the advances of rent collector Von Holtz (Harvey Clark). He vindictively has her framed for a theft, and she is sent to jail. When she is released, she joins the Salvation Army where she reacquaints herself with wealthy philanthropist John Stanford (Joe King), and they marry. Von Holtz reappears on the scene as a German spy. Stanford, who is working with the government, has some important papers that Von Holtz wants, and Marcia finds him fiddling with her husband's safe. He threatens to expose her prison term if she does not cooperate with him, so she accompanies him on a meeting with his fellow spies. Stanford's mother (Lillian Langdon) sees them sneaking off together and tells John. Believing that his wife is running off with Von Holtz, he follows, only to discover that Marcia has brought the police into the matter and the spies are arrested. Any doubts John had about his wife are gone, and they are happier together than ever. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi
- Directed By
- Albert Parker
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Prairie Miller, WBAI Web Radio
Unique about Scott Ritter's insights, is that he is someone who has personally been involved in US aggression, both as a soldier and inspector, and for whom death and war are not simply abstractions.
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Cast
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Harvey Clark
as Von Holtz
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Joe King
as John Stanford
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Lillian Langdon
as Mrs. Stanford
- Arthur Millett
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Gloria Swanson
as Marcia Grey
- Leone Carton
