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Homer Comes Home (1920)

NR · 1920-06-27 · EN
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Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook.

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Jerome StormDirectorAgnes Christine JohnstonWriter

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Charles RayCharles RayHomer CavenderOtto HoffmanOtto HoffmanSilas ProutyPriscilla BonnerPriscilla BonnerRachel ProutyRalph McCulloughRalph McCulloughArthur MachimWalter HigbyWalter HigbyOld MachimJohn ElliottJohn ElliottMr. BaillyHarry HydeHarry HydeMr. KortGus LeonardGus LeonardThe GrocerJoseph HazeltonJoseph HazeltonThe Shoe Store ManBert WoodruffBert WoodruffFarmer HigginsLouis MorrisonLouis MorrisonOld TraceyMollie McConnellMollie McConnellDowager

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaDirector preference344858Actor preference277472 · 277115 · 223539Country preferenceUsDecade preference1920

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Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook.