Why Leave Home?
Why Leave Home? is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Raymond Cannon and written by Robert Spencer Carr and Walter Catlett. The film stars Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Dixie Lee, Ilka Chase, Walter Catlett, and Gordon De Main. The film was released on August 25, 1929, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2][3] It is a remake of Cradle Snatchers (1927).[4] Why Leave Home? was later remade in 1943 as Let's Face It with Bob Hope.
| Why Leave Home? | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Raymond Cannon |
| Produced by | Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
| Screenplay by | Robert S. Carr Walter Catlett |
| Based on | Cradle Snatchers by Russell Medcraft and Norma Mitchell |
| Starring | Sue Carol Nick Stuart Dixie Lee Ilka Chase Walter Catlett Gordon De Main |
| Music by | Con Conrad Archie Gottler Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Cinematography | Daniel B. Clark |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
Production company | Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Cast
- Sue Carol as Mary
- Nick Stuart as Dick
- Dixie Lee as Billie
- Ilka Chase as Ethel
- Walter Catlett as Elmer
- Gordon De Main as Roy
- Dot Farley as Susan
- Laura Hamilton as Maude
- Richard Keene as Jose
- Jean Laverty as Jackie
- Jed Prouty as George
Preservation status
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References
- "Why Leave Home? (1929) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- "Why-Leave-Home- - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- "Why Leave Home?". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. 1921-1930. F2. University of California Press. p. 898. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- Why Leave Home? at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:lost 1929 Fox films
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