The Old Folks at Home (film)
{{short description|1916 silent film by Chester Withey}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Old Folks at Home
| image = Old Folks at Home.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Chester Withey
| story = Rupert Hughes
| writer = Chester Withey
| released = {{Film date|1916|10|15|U.S.}}
| country = United States
| studio = Fine Arts Film Company
| distributor = {{plainlist|
- Triangle Distributing
- Film Distributors League
}}
}}
The Old Folks at Home is a 1916 American drama silent black and white film directed by Chester Withey.{{cite web |url=http://brooksiescollection.tumblr.com/post/105039402979/a-1916-film-diary-the-old-folks-at-home |title=A 1916 Film Diary: The Old Folks at Home |date=13 December 2014 |access-date=23 March 2019 |work=Brooksie's Silent Film Collection |publisher=Tumblr |first=Robert |last=Boylan}} It is based on the story by Rupert Hughes.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltcNWzVEaEUC&pg=PA159 |title=American Film Cycles: The Silent Era |first=Larry |last=Langman |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1998 |page=159 |isbn=9780313306570}}
Cast
- Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as John Coburn
- Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Coburn
- Elmer Clifton as Steve Coburn
- Mildred Harris as Marjorie
- Lucille Young as Lucia Medina
- W.E. Lawrence as Stanley
- Spottiswoode Aitken as Judge
- Alfred Paget
- Wilbur Higby
- Charles Lee
Preservation
The survival of this title is unclear. One source says it survives and another says it doesn't.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7946/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Old Folks at Home][https://silentera.com/PSFL/data/O/OldFolksAtHome1916.html The Old Folks at Home at silentera.com]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0005822}}
{{Chester Withey}}
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Category:Triangle Film Corporation films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Chester Withey