The Home Stretch

The Home Stretch is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Louis Stevens. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Beatrice Burnham, Walt Whitman, Margaret Livingston, Wade Boteler, Mary Jane Irving, and Charles Hill Mailes. Its screenplay was written by Louis Stevens and is based upon the short story "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Charles Belmont Davis, which appeared in the October 1914 issue of Metropolitan Magazine.[2] The film was released on April 24, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.[3]

The Home Stretch
Poster
Directed byJack Nelson
Produced byThomas H. Ince
Screenplay byLouis Stevens
Based on"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (story)
by Charles Belmont Davis[1]
StarringDouglas MacLean
Beatrice Burnham
Walt Whitman
Margaret Livingston
Wade Boteler
Mary Jane Irving
Charles Hill Mailes
CinematographyBert Cann
Production
company
Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 24, 1921 (1921-04-24)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast

Preservation status

Prints held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, Library of Congress, and Academy Film Archive.[4][5]

References
  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Home Stretch at silentera.com
  2. "The Home Stretch". afi.com. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  3. "The-Home-Stretch - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Home Stretch
  5. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 82 c.1978 by the American Film Institute


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