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Why Smith Left Home
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4155 feet
Directed by Donald Crisp

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]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [Paramount-Artcraft Pictures]. / Scenario by Elmer Harris, from the play Why Smith Left Home by George Broadhurst. Assistant director, Frank Richardson. Cinematography by C. Edgar Schoenbaum. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 29 September 1919 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP14227]. Released 19 October 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative (incomplete, missing one reel)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 November 2023.

References: Drew-Speaking p. 288 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.