Why Smith Left Home
1919 film by Donald Crisp
- October 19, 1919 (1919-10-19)
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Why Smith Left Home is a 1919 American silent film farce directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn. Famous Players–Lasky produced the film with distribution through Paramount Pictures.[1] This film is based on the turn of the century play, Why Smith Left Home, by George Broadhurst.[2] The play starred Maclyn Arbuckle in the Washburn role.
An incomplete copy of Why Smith Left Home is held at the Library of Congress.[3][4]
Cast
- Bryant Washburn as John Brown Smith
- Lois Wilson as Marian
- Mayme Kelso as Aunt Mary
- Winter Hall as The General
- Walter Hiers as Bob White
- Margaret Loomis as Julie
- Carrie Clark Ward as Lavina
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Why Smith Left Home
- ^ Why Smith Left Home on Broadway as a play, 1899 and 1900; IBDb.com
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 208, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Why Smith Left Home
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Why Smith Left Home (1919 film).
- Why Smith Left Home at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Donald Crisp
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- Tell Your Children (1922)
- Ponjola (1924)
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- Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)
- Sunny Side Up (1926)
- Young April (1926)
- Nobody's Widow (1927)
- Man Bait (1926)
- Vanity (1927)
- The Fighting Eagle (1927)
- Dress Parade (1927)
- Stand and Deliver (1928)
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