
When Josiah Whitcomb's son gets into trouble with bad companions in New York City, Josiah leaves the farm and goes into the city to find the boy. There he finds that his country ways are not at all respected in the sophisticated city.

Hugh Ford, Denman Thompson
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The Pastoral Elegy: Rethinking the 1915 Classic In the pantheon of early silent cinema, few works capture the seismic cultural shifts of the early 20th century with as much earnestness as The Old Homestead. Directed by Hugh Ford and based on the legendary stage play by Denman Thompson, this 1915 production is far mo...

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" The Pastoral Elegy: Rethinking the 1915 Classic In the pantheon of early silent cinema, few works capture the seismic cultural shifts of the early 20th century with as much earnestness as The Old Homestead. Directed by Hugh Ford and based on the legendary stage play by Denman Thompson, this 1915 production is far more than a mere morality play; it is a visual treatise on the American identity at a crossroads. While contemporary audiences might initially view the film as a relic of Victorian s..."


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