Old Home Week

Overview

Tom Clark, the part owner of a luckless gas station in New York, returns to his place of birth for Old Home Week, posing as the millionaire president of the Amalgamated Oil Co. He is chosen as the orator for the homecoming banquet and given complete financial control over an oil well drilled in the town by Coleman and Barton, a pair of oily swindlers. Tom discovers that the well is a fake and has it connected secretly with the local reservoir. A wire from Tom's partner is intercepted, and Tom is exposed as a fraud. Coleman and Barton are about to leave town when Tom fakes a gusher and quickly sells the well back to the swindlers at a profit. The swindlers realize that they have been outsmarted, and their anger convinces the townspeople that Tom has acted in the best interests of the community. Tom is again the toast of the town, feted by its inhabitants and rewarded with the kisses of his sweetheart.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 25, 1925

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Thomas Meighan,Lila Lee,Charles Dow Clark,Joseph W. Smiley,Larry Wheat,Max Figman,Zelma Tiden,Sidney Paxton,Jack Terry,Isabel Westand 1 more

Director

Victor Heerman

Writer

George Ade,Thomas J. Geraghty

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0016175