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Auction History Result 8r0114 SHADOWS sheet music 1922 Lon Chaney Sr. in yellowface makeup as Ching Ching Chinaman, rare! Date Sold 5/13/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Sheet Music (measures 9" x 11 3/4" [23 x 30 cm]; 6 pages) (Learn More) Shadows, the 1922 Tom Forman silent Chinatown romantic religious blackmail melodrama (adapted from the "famous prize story 'Ching Ching Chinaman' by Wilbur Daniel Steele"; about a Chinese man who is shipwrecked and ends up in a deeply Christian town, and he is shunned, because he is a "heathen", so he converts to Christianity) starring Lon Chaney Sr. (playing a Chinese man, in heavy makeup), Marguerite De La Motte, Harrison Ford (not the same Harrison Ford that we know as an actor today, but a very popular leading man of the 1920s), John St. Polis, and Walter Long. Note that the advertising for this movie included the classic three monkeys with the "see no evil, hear no evil, say no evil", and they claim that this originated in the "Far East", where this was the symbol of "The Golden Rule". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this sheet music, and it sold for $260! Also note that this sheet music is for the song "Ching, Ching, Chinaman". Condition: very good. There is a 1/2" tear in the middle right of all pages, with a few faint smudges and scuffs on the covers. There is partially erased pencil writing in the lower right of the cover, in the solid yellow and white background areas. Otherwise, the sheet music is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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