The Home Stretch (1921)
- Directed by
- Jack Nelson
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 01m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man returns home after serving in the war. He faces challenges as he tries to readjust to civilian life and build a future with the woman he loves.
nostalgicgentleunderstatedsentimentalold-fashionedheartfeltstraightforward
What happens
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. The film was released on April 24, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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