Why Leave Home?

Why Leave Home? is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code comedy film directed by Raymond Cannon and written by Robert Spencer Carr and Walter Catlett. The film stars Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Dixie Lee, Ilka Chase, Walter Catlett, and Gordon De Main. The film was released on August 25, 1929, by Fox Film Corporation.^[1][2][3] It is a remake of Cradle Snatchers (1927).^[4] Why Leave Home? was later remade in 1943 as Let's Face It with Bob Hope.

Why Leave Home?
Directed by	Raymond Cannon
Screenplay by	Robert S. Carr Walter Catlett
Based on	Cradle Snatchers by Russell Medcraft and Norma Mitchell
Produced by	Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Starring	Sue Carol Nick Stuart Dixie Lee Ilka Chase Walter Catlett Gordon De Main
Cinematography	Daniel B. Clark
Edited by	Jack Murray
Music by	Con Conrad Archie Gottler Sidney D. Mitchell
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	August 25, 1929 (1929-08-25)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Sue Carol as Mary
• Nick Stuart as Dick
• Dixie Lee as Billie
• Ilka Chase as Ethel
• Walter Catlett as Elmer
• Gordon De Main as Roy
• Dot Farley as Susan
• Laura Hamilton as Maude
• Richard Keene as Jose
• Jean Laverty as Jackie
• Jed Prouty as George

Preservation status

• Why Leave Home? is said to be a lost film according to the Fox section at Lost Film Files.^[5]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)