Welcome Home (1925 film)
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Welcome Home | |
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![]() Still with Wilson, Cosgrove, and Baxter | |
Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by | Walter Woods (screenplay) F. McGrew Willis (screenplay) |
Based on | Minick by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Lois Wilson Warner Baxter |
Cinematography | Karl Brown |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Welcome Home is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Lois Wilson and Warner Baxter. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] The film is based on the 1924 Broadway play Minick by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.[3]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[4] Old Man Prouty goes to live with his son. There he becomes a general annoyance, prying into things unwittingly and spoiling plans for everyone. He finds other cronies at the Old Men's Home and, after learning that his son is to choose between him and the young wife, he goes to live at the Home.
Cast
- Luke Cosgrove as Old Man Prouty
- Warner Baxter as Fred Prouty
- Lois Wilson as Nettie Prouty
- Ben Hendricks Sr. as Jim Corey
- Margaret Morris as Lil Corey
- Josephine Crowell as Miss Pringle
- Adele Watson as Annie
- James Finlayson (unknown role)
Preservation
A print of Welcome Home is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[5][6]
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Welcome Home Retrieved October 10, 2014
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Welcome Home at silentera.com Retrieved October 10, 2014
- ^ Minick as produced on Broadway at the Booth Theatre Sept. 1924 - Jan. 1925; IBDb.com
- ^ "New Pictures: Welcome Home", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (09): 132, May 23, 1925, retrieved March 8, 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Welcome Home Retrieved October 10, 2014
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 205, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
- Welcome Home at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Still at www.silentfilmstillarchive.com
- Still with Lois Wilson at worthopedia
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