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Film

Why They Left Home

1917Directed by William Beaudine

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Released
Runtime
20m

About Why They Left Home

  • Comedy

Synopsis

Ira, who is employed at the oil station, falls in love with Flossie, wife of Jack, as they drive by. Ira later announces to his father that he is going to the city, and does. Mary, his ex-fiancée, learns he has gone to the city and consoles the father of Ira by announcing that she, too, is going to bring Ira home. In the city Ira meets Hank, a property man in a theater, who invites him to come with him behind the scenes. (Only 2 minutes survive. Held on 35mm in the Library of Congress).

Director
  • William Beaudine
Writer
  • C.B. Hoadley

Principal cast

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