Old Dad (1920)
The Story of a girl who followed her mother's footsteps- and Old Dad who stood true to both.
Mr. Bretton's wife decides she would rather pursue an opera career, so they separate, leaving him to raise their young daughter Daphne (Mildred Harris). She is expelled from boarding school after Richard Wiltoner is found in her room under innocent circumstances. Her father sends her to the Adirondacks, where she meets a rogue and soon elopes with him. When her father discovers that he is a bigamist, he has their marriage annulled. Happily, Mrs. Bretton returns to her husband and Daphne and Richard fall in love and marry.
- Date of release
- 1920-11-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Lloyd Ingraham
Casting
- Mildred Harris — Daphne Bretton
- George Stewart — Richard Wiltoner
- John St. Polis — Jeffrey Bretton
- Myrtle Stedman — Virginia Bretton
- Irving Cummings — Sheridan Kaire
- Loyola O'Connor — Claudia Merriwane
- Tula Belle — Little Girl with Two Mothers
- Hazel Howell — Peggy Laine
- J. Edwin Brown — Prof. Pettigrew
- Bess Mitchell — Bess Pomeroy
Interesting facts
Old Dad is a 1920 American drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by J. Grubb Alexander. It is based on the 1919 novel Old Dad by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. The film stars Mildred Harris, John St. Polis, Myrtle Stedman, Irving Cummings, Hazel Howell, and Loyola O'Connor. The film was released in November 1920, by Associated First National Pictures.
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