Take Me Home (1928)
60 mins | Comedy-drama | 13 October 1928
Cast:
Bebe Daniels , Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman [ More ]Director:
Marshall NeilanWriters:
Ethel Doherty, Grover Jones, Tom Crizer, Harlan ThompsonCinematographer:
J. Roy HuntEditor:
Otto LoveringProduction Company:
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.According to a directory chart in the 11 Aug 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, production began 25 Jun 1928.
Most available contemporary sources credit the film's screenplay to Ethel Doherty, but sources disagree in crediting the story: The Var review attributes the story to Grover Jones and Harlan Thompson, while copyright records only attribute it to Thompson, and the NYT review credits Jones and Tom Crizer. ...
According to a directory chart in the 11 Aug 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, production began 25 Jun 1928.
Most available contemporary sources credit the film's screenplay to Ethel Doherty, but sources disagree in crediting the story: The Var review attributes the story to Grover Jones and Harlan Thompson, while copyright records only attribute it to Thompson, and the NYT review credits Jones and Tom Crizer.
Peggy Lane, a chorus girl, finds a small part in a new show for David North, a stagestruck country boy. At rehearsal, David meets Delerys Devore, the show's star, and she quickly offers him a larger part in her act. Quite taken with David, Delerys invites him to her home on the pretext that Peggy will be there; when Peggy does not show up, David leaves, infuriating his hostess. Derelys has Peggy fired the next day, and in reprisal Peggy goads her into a Carmenesque fight backstage just before the show. Derelys is unable to go on stage, and Peggy takes her place, becoming the hit of the show. Peggy and David are later married and give up show business, deciding to live on a ...
Peggy Lane, a chorus girl, finds a small part in a new show for David North, a stagestruck country boy. At rehearsal, David meets Delerys Devore, the show's star, and she quickly offers him a larger part in her act. Quite taken with David, Delerys invites him to her home on the pretext that Peggy will be there; when Peggy does not show up, David leaves, infuriating his hostess. Derelys has Peggy fired the next day, and in reprisal Peggy goads her into a Carmenesque fight backstage just before the show. Derelys is unable to go on stage, and Peggy takes her place, becoming the hit of the show. Peggy and David are later married and give up show business, deciding to live on a farm.
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