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Old Dad (1920)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:J. Grubb Alexander
In Theaters:11/1/1920
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Chaplin-Mayer Pictures Company
Cast
Lloyd Ingraham
Director
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
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