The Girl Who Stayed at Home

The Girl Who Stayed at Home is a 1919 American silent drama film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith and released by Paramount Pictures.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine,[3] younger son James "Jim" Grey (Harron) seeks to evade the draft for World War I and continue his adoration of cabaret singer Cutie Beautiful (Seymour), while older brother Ralph (Barthelmess) enlists and goes to France, where lives his sweetheart Atoline "Blossom" Le France (Dempster).

The draft catches Jim and training makes a man out of him.

When Ralph and his patrol are caught in a shell hole behind German lines, Jim comes to the rescue.

After additional adventures, the brothers return to their sweethearts, and Monsieur France swears allegiance to the American flag.

The full film