Home, Sweet Home (1914 film)

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Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home (1914) title card.jpg
Title card
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written by
Starring
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Edited by
Distributed by Mutual Film
Release date
  • May 17, 1914 (1914-05-17)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

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

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A scene from the film featuring a violinist

Plot

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A still from Home, Sweet Home (1914)

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 inspires several others in their own times of need.

Cast

References

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