Welcome Home (1925 film)

Welcome Home
Welcome Home
	Still with Wilson, Cosgrove, and Baxter
Directed by	James Cruze
Written by	Walter Woods (screenplay); F. McGrew Willis (screenplay)
Based on	Minick; by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	Lois Wilson; Warner Baxter
Cinematography	Karl Brown
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 17, 1925;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Welcome Home is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Lois Wilson and Warner Baxter. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2] The film is based on the 1924 Broadway play Minick by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman.^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[4] Old Man Prouty moves in with his son, inadvertently becoming a general nuisance by poking into affairs and disrupting plans for everyone. Upon discovering that his son must choose between him and his younger wife, he opts to reside at the Old Men's Home, where he finds companionship among other seniors.

Cast

Luke Cosgrove as Old Man Prouty
Warner Baxter as Fred Prouty
Lois Wilson as Nettie Prouty
Ben Hendricks Sr. as Jim Corey
Margaret Morris as Lil Corey
Josephine Crowell as Miss Pringle
Adele Watson as Annie
James Finlayson (unknown role)

Reception

In a 1925 review for The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall referred to the play Minick and wrote, "while this narrative in shadow form still possesses an inevitable undertone of sympathy, it misses fire in some important periods through an obvious fondness for exaggeration and a tendency to ignore opportunities for suspense or subtlety, which is surprising as this picture was directed by the able and versatile James Cruze."^[5] A 1925 review for Time Magazine noted "Significant character study is the hardest thing to find in the cinema," and stated "The subtleties of old age in the middle classes escaped even the directorial discernment of James Cruze."^[6]

Preservation

A print of Welcome Home is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.^[7]^[8]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Welcome Home Retrieved October 10, 2014
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Welcome Home at silentera.com Retrieved October 10, 2014
^ Minick as produced on Broadway at the Booth Theatre Sept. 1924 - Jan. 1925; IBDb.com
^ "New Pictures: Welcome Home", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (9): 132, May 23, 1925, retrieved March 8, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Hall, Mourdant (May 18, 1925). "Minick". New York Times. ProQuest 103477269
^ "The New Pictures". Time Magazine. May 25, 1925 – via EBSCOhost.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Welcome Home Retrieved October 10, 2014
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 205, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

External links

Welcome Home at IMDb
Welcome Home at AllMovie
Still at www.silentfilmstillarchive.com

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Welcome Home Retrieved October 10, 2014

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Welcome Home at silentera.com Retrieved October 10, 2014

[3] Minick as produced on Broadway at the Booth Theatre Sept. 1924 - Jan. 1925; IBDb.com

[4] "New Pictures: Welcome Home", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (9): 132, May 23, 1925, retrieved March 8, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[5] Hall, Mourdant (May 18, 1925). "Minick". New York Times. ProQuest 103477269

[6] "The New Pictures". Time Magazine. May 25, 1925 – via EBSCOhost.

[7] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Welcome Home Retrieved October 10, 2014

[8] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 205, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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