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Homesick (1928)

Homesick poster
Directed by
Henry Lehrman
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
55 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man misses his home and family while he is away. He gets into silly mishaps as he tries to find his way back.

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What happens

Homesick is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and written by John Stone and William Kernell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. The film stars Sammy Cohen, Harry Sweet, Marjorie Beebe, Henry Armetta, and Pat Harmon. The film was released on December 16, 1928, by Fox Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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