Why Smith Left Home

{{short description|1919 film by Donald Crisp}}

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{{infobox film

| name = Why Smith Left Home

| image = Why Smith Left Home 1919 newspaper.jpg

| caption = Newspaper advertisement

| director = Donald Crisp

| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky

| writer = Elmer Harris

| based_on = {{basedon|Why Smith Left Home|George Broadhurst}}

| starring = Bryant Washburn
Lois Wilson

| cinematography = Charles Schoenbaum (as C. Edgar Schoenbaum)

| editing =

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1919|10|19}}

| runtime = 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

File:Why Smith Left Home 1919 one scene.jpg

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.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17661 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Why Smith Left Home] This film is based on the turn of the century play, Why Smith Left Home, by George Broadhurst.[http://ibdb.com/show.php?id=9356 Why Smith Left Home on Broadway as a play, 1899 and 1900; IBDb.com] The play starred Maclyn Arbuckle in the Washburn role.

An incomplete copy of Why Smith Left Home is held at the Library of Congress.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[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]