The Girl Who Stayed at Home

The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Richard Barthelmess and Carol Dempster in the film
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Produced by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	Stanner E. V. Taylor D. W. Griffith
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Carol Dempster Clarine Seymour Tully Marshall
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 23, 1919 (1919-03-23)
Running time	7 reels (6,672 feet (2,034 m))
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Girl Who Stayed at Home is a 1919 American silent drama film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith and released by Paramount Pictures. Prints of the film exist.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] younger son James "Jim" Grey (Harron) seeks to evade the draft for World War I and continue his adoration of cabaret singer Cutie Beautiful (Seymour), wile older brother Ralph (Barthelmess) enlists and goes to France, where lives his sweetheart Atoline "Blossom" Le France (Dempster). The draft catches Jim and training makes a man out of him. When he is sent to France, Cutie promises to remain faithful. Monsieur Le France (Lestina), Blossom's father, is a Confederate from the American Civil War who now lives in France. The two brothers meet in the trenches. When Ralph and his patrol are caught in a shell hole behind German lines, Jim comes to the rescue. Blossom is threatened by a German officer, who is shot by another German soldier that she befriended. After additional adventures, the brothers return to their sweethearts, and Monsieur France swears allegiance to the American flag.

Cast

Adolph Lestina as Mr. France
Carol Dempster as Atoline France
Frances Parks as The Chum
Richard Barthelmess as Ralph Grey
Robert Harron as James Grey
Syn De Conde as Count de Brissac
George Fawcett as Edward Grey
Kate Bruce as Mrs. Edward Grey
Edward Peil, Sr. as Turnverein Terror
Clarine Seymour as Cutie Beautiful
Tully Marshall as Cutie's Old Friend
David Butler
Joseph Scott as Himself, The Honorable Joseph Scott (Head of the Draft Exemption Board)
E. H. Crowder as Himself (Provost Marshal General E.H. Crowder)
General March as Himself

References

↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Girl Who Stayed at Home at silentera.com
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
↑ "Reviews: The Girl Who Stayed at Home". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 8 (16): 35. April 12, 1919.

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Films directed by D. W. Griffith

1908–1913	Hundreds – see complete D. W. Griffith filmography

1914–1916	Waifs The Massacre Judith of Bethulia Battle of the Sexes (lost) Brute Force Home, Sweet Home The Escape (lost) The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' The Birth of a Nation A Day with Governor Whitman Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1917–1919	A Liberty Bond Appeal (lost) Hearts of the World The Great Love (lost) Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (lost) The World of Columbus The Greatest Thing in Life (lost) A Romance of Happy Valley The Girl Who Stayed at Home Broken Blossoms True Heart Susie The Fall of Babylon The Mother and the Law Scarlet Days The Greatest Question

1920–1931	The Idol Dancer Remodeling Her Husband The Love Flower Way Down East Dream Street Orphans of the Storm One Exciting Night Mammy's Boy The White Rose America Isn't Life Wonderful Sally of the Sawdust That Royle Girl The Sorrows of Satan Topsy and Eva Drums of Love The Battle of the Sexes Lady of the Pavements Abraham Lincoln The Struggle

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