The Man From Home


1922

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
May 21, 1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: ca6 May 1922
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Man From Home, a Play in Four Acts by Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson (New York, 1908).

Synopsis

Prince Kinsillo of Italy wishes to repair his dwindling fortunes by marrying Genevieve Granger-Simpson, a wealthy American girl, whose guardian, Daniel Forbes Pike of Kokomo, Indiana, comes to Italy to interview the prospective husband. En route through Italy, Pike meets the king traveling incognito and is unaware of his identity. Later, the king's mistress, Faustina, wife of Ribière, is murdered by the prince, and in making his escape he leaves a blood-stained handkerchief in the king's possession. Ribière, accused of murdering his wife, is sheltered by Pike, whom Kinsillo's father tries to blackmail for protecting a criminal. Pike ultimately denounces the blackmailer and exposes the prince as the assassin. Genevieve, who has been impressed by the passionate advances of the prince, eagerly accepts the attentions of her worthy guardian, and together they return to Kokomo.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
May 21, 1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: ca6 May 1922
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Man From Home, a Play in Four Acts by Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson (New York, 1908).

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Filmed on location in Italy.