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  • There Is No Place Like Home (1916)
  • Short | Short, Drama
There Is No Place Like Home (1916)
Short | Short, Drama
Andrew Blair is discontented with his happy home. He and the other boys of the village look with envy upon the Bolton boys, whose parents live in a covered wagon and go about the country. Andrew finds it hardest to get along with his ...See moreAndrew Blair is discontented with his happy home. He and the other boys of the village look with envy upon the Bolton boys, whose parents live in a covered wagon and go about the country. Andrew finds it hardest to get along with his father, who insists he prepare his lessons instead of running about the streets, while he finds it hard to bear with his mother in the morning, as she always wants him to fill the wood-box before leaving for school. The boy broods over his imaginary hard life and finally decides to run away. He scribbles a note on a piece of wood, and slips away. Seeing the Bolton boys, he joins them and then learns that they do not fish for fun, but to supply the family with something to eat. He decides to return with the Bolton boys that evening, and on the way they stop at a farmer's to steal a chicken. They secure the chicken, but the farmer discovers them and takes a shot at the boys. Andrew receives most of the shot, and one of the Bolton boys, who is a cripple, loses his crutch. Andrew receives a rough welcome from the Bolton parents, and when they learn the circumstances of the lost crutch they turn the chicken loose for fear the farmer will discover who the boys were. Andrew sits down to a sloppy meal. The farmer arrives at the house, and Bolton makes the boys hide out in a shack. Andrew thinks of his mother's nice meals and how neat his father always appeared, and decides to go back home. Meanwhile, the Blairs have missed the boy and while his mother is inclined to worry, her husband tells her to pretend not to miss the boy and he will come back. Andrew sneaks away from the Boltons and enters the room. He tells his father he is sorry he ran away and his mother immediately sets before him an appetizing meal. As he sits before the warm fire, he decides that he has not appreciated his father and mother and that in the end, "there is no place like home." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Lois Weber
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Lois Weber (scenario)
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Updated Mar 28, 1916
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Mar 28, 1916 (United States)

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