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Home Stuff

1921 · 50 min

A gentle, folksy silent comedy that ambles along with warm humor and a touch of romance, easy to enjoy.

Directed by
Albert H. Kelley
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Viola Dana, Josephine Crowell, Nelson McDowell
Overview
Stranded in the small town of Buckeye Junction young actress Madge Joy crawls upon a load of hay and falls asleep. Knocked unconscious when young farmer Robert Deep hitches up the wagon not realizing she’s inside she awakes in the Deep living room. "Ma" Deep takes to her at once, but old “Pa” Deep looks at her sternly. Claiming to be a runaway orphan rather than an actress she becomes a member of the family. Falling for Madge Robert confesses he dreams of being a playwright, that night his sister Susan, who has run away to be an actress, reappears. Pa Deep is furious when he finds out his daughter has been on the stage, but Madge reveals that she is herself an actress threatening to go away with Robert unless he makes up with his daughter. Eventually Madge finds fame in New York with Robert following with a play he knows is right.

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Directed by
Albert H. Kelley
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Viola Dana, Josephine Crowell, Nelson McDowell
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • ambition
  • found family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Albert H. Kelley
Written by
Agnes Christine Johnston, Frank Mitchell Dazey
Starring
Viola Dana, Josephine Crowell, Nelson McDowell, Priscilla Bonner, Aileen Manning, Philip Sleeman, Tom Gallery, James Robert Chandler
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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