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

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Home, Sweet Home
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	Harry Aitken D. W. Griffith
Starring	Earle Foxe Henry Walthall Dorothy Gish Lillian Gish
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Edited by	James Smith Rose Smith
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release date	May 17, 1914 (1914-05-17)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

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 provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.

Cast

• Henry B. Walthall .... John Howard Payne
• Josephine Crowell .... Payne's Mother
• Lillian Gish .... Payne's Sweetheart
• Dorothy Gish .... Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
• Fay Tincher .... The Worldly Woman
• Mae Marsh .... Apple Pie Mary
• Spottiswoode Aitken .... Mary's Father
• Robert Harron .... The Easterner, Robert Winthrop
• Miriam Cooper .... The Fiancée
• Mary Alden .... The Mother
• Donald Crisp .... The Mother's Son
• Earle Foxe
• James Kirkwood .... The Mother's Son
• Jack Pickford .... The Mother's Son
• Fred Burns .... The sheriff
• Courtenay Foote .... The Husband
• Blanche Sweet .... The Wife

See also

• Lillian Gish filmography
• Blanche Sweet filmography

References

External links

• Home, Sweet Home at IMDb
• Home, Sweet Home is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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