The Man from Home
Cast & Crew
Cecil B. Demille
Charles Richman
Theodore Roberts
Fred Montague
Monroe Salisbury
Horace B. Carpenter
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Synopsis
Daniel Vorhees Pike, an Indiana lawyer, proposes to Ethel Granger Simpson, the daughter of a millionaire farmer, but she turns him down because her father wants to send her and her brother Horace to study in Europe. During their absence, Simpson is fatally injured in an accident and on his deathbed asks Pike to act as his children's guardian. In Sorrento, Ethel becomes infatuated with Almeric St. Aubyn who is secretly after her money. Impressed that he is the son of Lord Hawcastle, Ethel considers marrying him, thus urging Pike to travel to Sorrento. On his way, Pike meets the Russian Grand Duke Vasili Vasilivitch who is traveling incognito. Through the efforts of Pike and the grand duke, Almeric and Lord Hawcastle are revealed as scoundrels who, with Helene, the wife of Russian revolutionary Ivanoff, had betrayed her husband and caused his unjust imprisonment in Siberia. Ethel and Pike are joyfully reconciled after the grand duke pardons Ivanoff.
Director
Cecil B. Demille
Cast
Charles Richman
Theodore Roberts
Fred Montague
Monroe Salisbury
Horace B. Carpenter
Jode Mullally
Dick La Reno
Dorothy Quincy
Miss Anita King
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A revised version of the play opened in New York on August 17, 1908. Modern sources credit Oscar C. Apfel as co-director with DeMille, and Alvin Wyckoff with the photography.
