Why Smith Left Home Explained

Why Smith Left Home
Director:	Donald Crisp
Producer:	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring:	Bryant Washburn Lois Wilson
Cinematography:	Charles Schoenbaum (as C. Edgar Schoenbaum)
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Why Smith Left Home is a 1919 American silent film farce directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn. Famous Players–Lasky produced the film with distribution through Paramount Pictures.^[1] This film is based on the turn of the century play, Why Smith Left Home, by George Broadhurst.^[2] The play starred Maclyn Arbuckle in the Washburn role.

An incomplete copy of Why Smith Left Home is held at the Library of Congress.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Bryant Washburn as John Brown Smith
• Lois Wilson as Marian
• Mayme Kelso as Aunt Mary
• Winter Hall as The General
• Walter Hiers as Bob White
• Margaret Loomis as Julie
• Carrie Clark Ward as Lavina

Notes and References

1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17661 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Why Smith Left Home
2. http://ibdb.com/show.php?id=9356 Why Smith Left Home on Broadway as a play, 1899 and 1900; IBDb.com
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 208, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2351/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Why Smith Left Home