Why Babies Leave Home

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Ben Turpin in Why Babies Leave Home (1928)

After many years as a vagabond, Ronald comes home to his family who are about to be evicted from their home. He saves their home and, while chasing a runaway pancake, saves a kidnapped girl ... Read allAfter many years as a vagabond, Ronald comes home to his family who are about to be evicted from their home. He saves their home and, while chasing a runaway pancake, saves a kidnapped girl as well.After many years as a vagabond, Ronald comes home to his family who are about to be evicted from their home. He saves their home and, while chasing a runaway pancake, saves a kidnapped girl as well.

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- Leslie Goodwins
Stars
- Ben Turpin
- Jack Lloyd

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5.9/10

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Director
- Leslie Goodwins
Stars
- Ben Turpin
- Jack Lloyd

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Ben Turpin

Ronald - The Wandering Boy…

Jack Lloyd

The Landlord
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On 7 May 1929, 15 short comedies, this title among them, were announced by Artclass for 1929 release. This article appeared in the 11 May 1929 edition of Exhibitors Herald-World. No specific dates for the individual titles have yet been determined.

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5/10

It's just okay.

This is one of several short comedies that Ben Turpin made for the Weiss Brothers towards the end of the silent era. Considering the film's age, it's still in surprisingly good shape and was released along with several other Weiss Brothers shorts on a DVD entitled "Weiss-O-Rama".

In WHY BABIES LEAVE HOME, Ben plays dual roles--the elderly father and the runaway boy now grown. This missing boy gets into a variety of problems (such as helping to actually evict his own parents, chasing a dancing pancake and in the process rescuing a girl and teaching a rich jerk a lesson). Unfortunately, none are all that interesting. While I adore silent comedies, this one is pretty average and isn't one I'd rush out to see again. There's nothing particularly bad about it--just nothing all that great either. A purely average film with not a lot to recommend it one way or the other.

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