Old Home Week (film)

Old Home Week
Lobby card
Directed by	Victor Heerman
Screenplay by	George Ade Thomas J. Geraghty
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor
Starring	Thomas Meighan Lila Lee Charles Dow Clark Max Figman Charles Sellon Zelma Tiden Sidney Paxton
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 25, 1925 (1925-05-25)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Old Home Week is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and written by George Ade and Thomas J. Geraghty. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Charles Dow Clark, Max Figman, Charles Sellon, Zelma Tiden, and Sidney Paxton. The film was released on May 25, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, ^[3] Tom has been given a bad mark in his home town following a card game where a cheater placed some cards in his pocket. He opens a filling station in New York City. Business was poor, but the partner thought of having business cards printed that made it appear that they were partners in the "Amalgamated Oil Company." He returned to visit his home town to find the people buying stock in a promising oil well. Tom finds that the schemers are engaged in a hoax. When he goes to speak at the town's celebration, the people read his business card as saying he is interested in an oil company in New York, so they select him to be completely in charge of the new company. He finds that his mother has invested in the fraud. He decides to outwit the sharpers by placing a gusher of water at the well. As the schemers are about to leave with the $90,000 taken from the townspeople, they change their minds when they believe the oil well is really gushing oil. They buy back the well for $94,000, and Tom then reveals to them that they have become the butt of their own trickery. He is recognized as a hero and Ethel declares her love for him even though she previously had questioned his plans.

Cast

• Thomas Meighan as Tom Clark
• Lila Lee as Ethel Harmon
• Charles Dow Clark as Marshall Coleman
• Max Figman as Townsend
• Charles Sellon as Uncle Henry
• Zelma Tiden as Mary Clark
• Sidney Paxton as Judge Harmon
• Joseph W. Smiley as Jim Ferguson
• Jack Terry as Frikkle
• Leslie Hunt as Otey Jinks
• Isabel West as Mrs. Clark
• Clayton Frye as Congressman Brady

Preservation

With no prints of Old Home Week located on any film archives, ^[4] it is a lost film. ^[5]

References

1. Janiss Garza (2015). "Old-Home-Week - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
2. "Old Home Week". afi.com. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
3. "New Pictures: Old Home Week", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (10): 52, May 30, 1925, retrieved March 12, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Old Home Week
5. "Old Home Week at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1925". Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

External links

• Old Home Week at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Long lobby poster