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Home, Sweet Home (1914)

1914 · Silent film · 55 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

  • Drama
  • Fantasy

Synopsis

John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins leading a life of dissolute habits, which soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he recalls better days, and writes a song that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.

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Details

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
H.E. Aitken
Composer
Joseph Carl Breil
Cinematography
Billy Bitzer
Studio
Reliance Film Company, Majestic Motion Picture Company
Released
1914-05-16
Running time
55 minutes

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