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Father and the Boys

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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Written by
  
Ida May Park

Duration
  

Director
  
Joseph De Grasse

Story by
  
George Ade

Cast
  
Lon Chaney, Louise Lovely

Country
  
United States

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Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Release date
  
December 20, 1915 (1915-12-20)

Based on
  
Father and the Boys  by George Ade

Writer
  
George Ade (play), Ida May Park

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Genres
  
Silent film, Comedy, Black-and-white

Father and the Boys is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney. The film is now considered to be lost. Louise Lovely's American film debut after emigrating from Australia.

It is based on a popular Broadway play of 1908 produced by Charles Frohman, Father and the Boys by George Ade. Though Digby Bell was a renowned stage actor his part of Lemuel Morewood was played on stage by veteran William H. Crane. Louise Lovely's part of Bessie Brayton was played by Margaret Dale in the play.

Cast

  • Digby Bell as Lemuel Morewood
  • Louise Lovely as Bessie Brayton
  • Harry Ham as William Rufus Morewood
  • Colin Chase as Thomas Jefferson Morewood
  • Yona Landowska as Emily Donelson
  • Mae Gaston as Frances Berkeley
  • Lon Chaney as Tuck Bartholomew
  • Hayward Mack as Maj. Bellamy Didsworth
  • Didsworth H. Davenport as Tobias Ford (credited as H. Davenport)
  • Tom Chatterton
  • Doc Crane
  • Jean Hathaway

    • References

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    Father and the Boys IMDb