Why Smith Left Home

Why Smith Left Home
Directed by	Donald Crisp
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Written by	George Broadhurst (play) Elmer Harris
Starring	Bryant Washburn Lois Wilson
Cinematography	Charles Schoenbaum (as C. Edgar Schoenbaum)
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	October 19, 1919
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Why Smith Left Home is a 1919 American silent film farce directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn. Famous Players-Lasky produced with distribution through Paramount Pictures.^[1] This film is based on the turn of the century play, Why Smith Left Home, by George Broadhurst.^[2] The play starred Maclyn Arbuckle in the Washburn role.

An incomplete copy is held at the Library of Congress.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Bryant Washburn - John Brown Smith
Lois Wilson - Marian
Mayme Kelso - Aunt Mary
Winter Hall - The General
Walter Hiers - Bob White
Margaret Loomis - Julie
Carrie Clark Ward - Lavina

References

↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Why Smith Left Home
↑ Why Smith Left Home on Broadway as a play, 1899 and 1900; IBDb.com
↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.208 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Why Smith Left Home

External links

Why Smith Left Home at the Internet Movie Database
synopsis at AllMovie
Still of scene from the film (University of Washington, Sayre collection)

Films directed by Donald Crisp

1910s	Her Father's Silent Partner (1914) short The Mysterious Shot (1914) short The Newer Woman (1914) short Their First Acquaintance (1914) short The Weaker Strain (1914) short The Idiot (1914) short The Tavern of Tragedy (1914) short Her Mother's Necklace (1914) short Frenchy (1914) short Down the Hill to Creditville (1914) short The Great God Fear (1914) short His Mother's Trust (1914) short Sands of Fate (1914) short The Warning (1914) short The Availing Prayer (1914) short Paid with Interest (1914) short The Niggard (1914) short The Little Country Mouse (1914) short Another Chance (1914) short At Dawn (1914) short An Old-Fashioned Girl (1915) short How Hazel Got Even (1915) short Ramona (1916) The Eyes of the World (1917) His Sweetheart (1917) The Bond Between (1917) The Marcellini Millions (1917) A Roadside Impresario (1917) The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917) Lost in Transit (1917) The Countess Charming (1917) The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917) Jules of the Strong Heart (1918) Rimrock Jones (1918) The House of Silence (1918) Believe Me, Xantippe (1918) The Firefly of France (1918) Less Than Kin (1918) The Goat (1918) The Way of a Man with a Maid (1918) Under the Top (1919) Venus in the East (1919) The Poor Boob (1919) Johnny Get Your Gun (1919) Something to Do (1919) Putting It Over (1919) A Very Good Young Man (1919) Love Insurance (1919) Why Smith Left Home (1919) It Pays to Advertise (1919) Too Much Johnson (1919)

1920s	The Six Best Cellars (1920) Miss Hobbs (1920) Held by the Enemy (1920) The Barbarian (1921) The Princess of New York (1921) Appearances (1921) The Bonnie Brier Bush (1921) Tell Your Children (1922) Ponjola (1924) The Navigator (1924) Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) Sunny Side Up (1926) Young April (1926) Nobody's Widow (1927) Man Bait (1927) Vanity (1927) The Fighting Eagle (1927) Dress Parade (1927) Stand and Deliver (1928) The Cop (1928)

1930s	The Runaway Bride (1930)

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