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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood loved 'fallen women' stories — but rarely gave them happy endings. Nancy's ambiguity was as progressive as 1920 got.
Leatrice Joy was Cecil B. DeMille's protégée and one of the biggest stars of the silent era. This rural drama was her proving ground for 'serious' roles.
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