A silent film about a woman with a 'mysterious job' supporting her drunk dad — the 1920s really said 'we're not gonna explain it.'
DOWN HOME is a rural drama set in New England and stars Leatrice Joy as Nancy Pelot, daughter of the town drunk. He was once a businessman and still owns a local farm, but Nancy now supports her father and herself with a mysterious job in a nearby town.
Acting
Leatrice Joy's face does ALL the heavy lifting.
Direction
Irvin Willat squeezing maximum pathos from rural decay.
Director
Irvin Willat
Leatrice Joy
Nance Pelot
James O. Barrows
Dabney Todd
Edward Hearn
Chet Todd
Aggie Herring
Mrs. Todd (as Agnes Herring)
William Robert Daly
Joe Pelot (as Robert Daly)
Sidney Franklin
Cash Bailey (as Sidney A. Franklin)
Bert Hadley
Reverence Mr. Blake
Frank Braidwood
Larry Shayne
Nelson McDowell
Lige Conklin
Florence Gilbert
Clerk
J.P. Lockney
Barney Shayne, Larry's Father
Helen Gilmore
Townswoman
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