Daddy's Double (1910)

Directed by

Lloyd Lonergan

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

16 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Hal proposes to Sue. Her father disapproves and sends her to boarding school. Hal disguises himself as the father to win her back. The real father catches them at the wedding but laughs and approves.

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What happens

Daddy's Double is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Film Corporation. The film focuses on Hal, a young man, who proposes to Sue, his love interest. Her father overhears and becomes furious before whisking his daughter away to a boarding school. Hal and Sue attempt to elope, but it is foiled. Hal then gets an idea to disguise himself as the father and reclaim Sue. The plan works, but the father follows in pursuit. He breaks into the wedding ceremony at the parson's house and sees his double. He then laughs and approves of the marriage. The film was the fourth release by Thanhouser and it was met with favorable reviews by critics. In 2007, a surviving print was released on DVD with a new original score composed and performed by Raymond A. Brubacher. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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