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
See also
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 viewing and download at the Internet Archive
