Old Home Week is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and written by George Ade and Thomas J. Geraghty. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Charles Dow Clark, Max Figman, Charles Sellon, Zelma Tiden, and Sidney Paxton. The film was released on May 25, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]
| Old Home Week | |
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| Directed by | Victor Heerman |
| Screenplay by | George Ade Thomas J. Geraghty |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Thomas Meighan Lila Lee Charles Dow Clark Max Figman Charles Sellon Zelma Tiden Sidney Paxton |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine review,[3] Tom has been given a bad mark in his home town following a card game where a cheater placed some cards in his pocket. He opens a filling station in New York City. Business was poor, but the partner thought of having business cards printed that made it appear that they were partners in the "Amalgamated Oil Company." He returned to visit his home town to find the people buying stock in a promising oil well. Tom finds that the schemers are engaged in a hoax. When he goes to speak at the town's celebration, the people read his business card as saying he is interested in an oil company in New York, so they select him to be completely in charge of the new company. He finds that his mother has invested in the fraud. He decides to outwit the sharpers by placing a gusher of water at the well. As the schemers are about to leave with the $90,000 taken from the townspeople, they change their minds when they believe the oil well is really gushing oil. They buy back the well for $94,000, and Tom then reveals to them that they have become the butt of their own trickery. He is recognized as a hero and Ethel declares her love for him even though she previously had questioned his plans.
Cast
edit- Thomas Meighan as Tom Clark
- Lila Lee as Ethel Harmon
- Charles Dow Clark as Marshall Coleman
- Max Figman as Townsend
- Charles Sellon as Uncle Henry
- Zelma Tiden as Mary Clark
- Sidney Paxton as Judge Harmon
- Joseph W. Smiley as Jim Ferguson
- Jack Terry as Frikkle
- Leslie Hunt as Otey Jinks
- Isabel West as Mrs. Clark
- Clayton Frye as Congressman Brady
Preservation
editWith no prints of Old Home Week located on any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]
References
edit- ^ Janiss Garza (2015). "Old-Home-Week - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ "Old Home Week". afi.com. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ "New Pictures: Old Home Week", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (10): 52, May 30, 1925, retrieved March 12, 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Old Home Week
- ^ "Old Home Week at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1925". Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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