Father and the Boys (1915)
Wealthy stockbroker Lemuel Morewood wants his sons, Billy and Tom, to learn the business and marry Emily Donelson and Frances Berkeley, respectively. Billy, however, is infatuated with Mrs. Bruce Guilford, a leader of the "smart set," while Tom loves boxing. At a dinner for which Lemuel hires Bessie Brayton, an orphan from the West, to entertain, Lemuel responds to Bessie's taunts about being old-fashioned by winning a lot of money gambling with Major Bellamy Didsworth, who tries to swindle Bessie, and leaves with her to spend it.
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Wealthy stockbroker Lemuel Morewood wants his sons, Billy and Tom, to learn the business and marry Emily Donelson and Frances Berkeley, respectively. Billy, however, is infatuated with Mrs. Bruce Guilford, a leader of the "smart set," while Tom loves boxing. At a dinner for which Lemuel hires Bessie Brayton, an orphan from the West, to entertain, Lemuel responds to Bessie's taunts about being old-fashioned by winning a lot of money gambling with Major Bellamy Didsworth, who tries to swindle Bessie, and leaves with her to spend it.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:George Ade, Ida May Park
In Theaters:12/20/1915
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Runtime:55 minutes
Studio:Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Cast
Joseph De Grasse
Director
Digby Bell
Lemuel Morewood
Louise Lovely
Bessie Brayton
Harry Ham
William Rufus Morewood
Colin Chase
Thomas Jefferson Morewood
Yona Landowska
Emily Donelson
Hayward Mack
Maj. Bellamy Didsworth
Mae Gaston
Frances Berkeley
Lon Chaney
Tuck Bartholomew
Harry Davenport
Tobias Ford
Tom Chatterton
Doc Crane
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