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.
| Why Smith Left Home | |
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 Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | Donald Crisp |
| Written by | Elmer Harris |
| Based on | Why Smith Left Home by George Broadhurst |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Bryant Washburn Lois Wilson |
| Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum (as C. Edgar Schoenbaum) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
An incomplete copy of Why Smith Left Home is held at the Library of Congress.[3][4]
Cast
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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
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