Home, Sweet Home (1914 film)

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Home, Sweet Home

Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	Harry Aitken D. W. Griffith
Starring	Earle Foxe Henry Walthall Dorothy Gish Lillian Gish
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Edited by	James Smith Rose Smith
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release date	May 17, 1914 (1914-05-17)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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Home, Sweet Home (1914) is an American silent biographical drama directed by D. W. Griffith.^[1] It stars Earle Foxe, Henry Walthall and Dorothy Gish.

Plot[]

John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and girlfriend, Payne begins to lead a dissolute life that leads to ruin and depression. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song, Home! Sweet Home! that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.

Cast[]

Henry B. Walthall .... John Howard Payne
Josephine Crowell .... Payne's Mother
Lillian Gish .... Payne's Sweetheart
Dorothy Gish .... Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
Fay Tincher .... The Worldly Woman
Mae Marsh .... Apple Pie Mary
Spottiswoode Aitken .... Mary's Father
Robert Harron .... The Easterner, Robert Winthrop
Miriam Cooper .... The Fiancée
Mary Alden .... The Mother
Donald Crisp .... The Mother's Son
Earle Foxe
James Kirkwood .... The Mother's Son
Jack Pickford .... The Mother's Son
Fred Burns .... The sheriff
Courtenay Foote .... The Husband
Blanche Sweet .... The Wife

References[]

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Home, Sweet Home". Silent Era. Retrieved November 21, 2010.

External links[]

Home, Sweet Home at IMDb
Home, Sweet Home is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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