Movie
Home, Sweet Home
Released: May 16, 1914 (1914)
Runtime: 55 minutes
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Josephine Crowell as Payne's Mother
Age at release: 55
- Spottiswoode Aitken as James Smith - Mary's Father
Age at release: 46
- Henry B. Walthall as John Howard Payne
Age at release: 36
- Fay Tincher as The Worldly Woman
Age at release: 30
- Miriam Cooper as The Fiancee
Age at release: 22
- Robert Harron as The Eastener, Robert Winthrop
Age at release: 21
- Lillian Gish as Payne's Sweetheart
Age at release: 20
- Mae Marsh as Apple Pie Mary Smith
Age at release: 19
- Jack Pickford as The Mother's Son
Age at release: 17
- Dorothy Gish as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
Age at release: 16
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Age at release: 55
Age at release: 41
- James Kirkwood as The Mother's Son
Age at release: 38
Age at release: 37
- Fred Burns as The Sheriff
Age at release: 36
- Courtenay Foote as The Husband
Age at release: 35
- Edward Dillon as The Musician
Age at release: 35
- Walter Long as (as W.H. Long)
Age at release: 35
Age at release: 32
- Donald Crisp as The Mother's Son
Age at release: 31
- Mary Alden as The Mother
Age at release: 30
- Owen Moore as The Tempter
Age at release: 27
Age at release: 26
Age at release: 22
- George Beranger as The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
Age at release: 21
- Jack Pickford as The Mother's Half-Wit Son
Age at release: 17
- Blanche Sweet as The Wife
Age at release: 17
Age at release: 17
- Teddy Sampson as The Maid
Age at release: 15
- Betty Marsh as The Baby
Age at release: Unknown