The Home Towners Explained

The Home Towners
Director:	Bryan Foy
Starring:	Richard Bennett Doris Kenyon Robert McWade
Cinematography:	Barney McGill Willard Van Enger
Studio:	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor:	Warner Bros. Pictures
Runtime:	11 reels (sound version)
Country:	United States
Language:	English

The Home Towners is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Bryan Foy and starring Richard Bennett, Doris Kenyon, and Robert McWade.^[1] This film was the third all talking picture produced by Warner Brothers to be released.

Cast

• Richard Bennett as Vic Arnold
• Doris Kenyon as Beth Calhoun
• Robert McWade as P. H. Bancroft
• Robert Edeson as Mr. Calhoun
• Gladys Brockwell as Lottie Bancroft
• John Miljan as Joe Roberts
• Vera Lewis as Mrs. Calhoun
• Stanley Taylor as Wally Calhoun
• James T. Mack as Casey
• Patricia Caron as Maid

Preservation status

The Home Towners is now lost.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

Bibliography

• Roy Liebman. Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. McFarland, 2003.

Notes and References

1. Liebman p. 199
2. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnewarner.html The Home Towners at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost 1928 Warner Bros. Films
3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6238/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Home Towners