A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Why Girls Leave Home
(1921) United States of America
B&W : [?] Seven or Eight? reels / 7000 feet
Directed by William Nigh

Cast: Anna Q. Nilsson [Anna Hedder], Maurine Powers [Madeline Wallace], Julia Swyane Gordon [Mrs. Wallace], Corinne Barker [Ethel, a golddigger], Mrs. Owen Moore [Edith, a golddigger], Kate Blanke [Mrs. Hedder], Claude King [Mr. Wallace], Coit Albertson [Mr. Reynolds], George Lessey [Mr. Hedder], Jack O’Brien [Joseph], Dan Mason [Dodo], Arthur Gordini [Mr. Jackson]

Harry Rapf Productions production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Harry Rapf. Scenario by William Nigh. Set design by Tifford Studios. Cinematography by Jack Brown. / © 20 September 1921 by Harry Rapf Productions [LP16877]. Released July 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Society.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 November 2023.

References: Aylesworth-Warner p. ? : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.