Home, Sweet Home
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Home, Sweet Home
17 May 1914
Home, Sweet Home
John Howard Payne leaves home for the theater, but his life of bad habits leads to misery, forcing him to find hope by writing a song that inspires others
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Genres
Decade 1910s
This Movie is Melancholic, Redemptive, Bittersweet, Moralistic & Theatrical
About Home, Sweet Home A 1914 drama directed by D. W. Griffith, notable for its poignant portrayal of a life in ruin and the enduring power of a song to provide inspiration to those in need
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Audio English (United States)
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Cast
- Henry B. Walthall John Howard Payne
- Lillian Gish Payne's sweetheart
- Dorothy Gish sister of Payne's sweetheart
- Mae Marsh Apple Pie Mary
- Spottiswoode Aitken Mary's father
- Robert Harron easterner, Robert Winthrop
- Mary Alden mother
- Donald Crisp mother's son
- James Kirkwood mother's son
- Jack Pickford mother's son
- Blanche Sweet wife
- Earle Foxe Self
- Fay Tincher worldly woman
- Josephine Crowell Payne's mother
- Miriam Cooper fiancée
- Fred Burns sheriff
- Courtenay Foote husband
- Owen Moore The Tempter
- Edward Dillon The Musician
- Betty Marsh The Baby
- George Beranger The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
- Teddy Sampson The Maid
- Ralph Lewis
- Irene Hunt
- John T. Dillon
- Walter Long (as W.H. Long)
- George Siegmann
- Karl Brown The Fiddle Player
- W.E. Lawrence
- F.A. Turner
- Howard Gaye
Director
- D. W. Griffith
- D.W. Griffith
Screenwriter
- Harry E. Aitken
- D. W. Griffith
- H.E. Aitken
- D.W. Griffith
Director of Photography
- Billy Bitzer
- Karl Brown
- G. W. Bitzer
Composer
- Joseph Carl Breil
