Father and the Boys (1915)

Father and the Boys

1915

Comedy Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Joseph De Grasse

Cast

Colin Chase as Thomas Jefferson Morewood

Digby Bell as Lemuel Morewood

Harry Davenport as Tobias Ford

Harry Ham as William Rufus Morewood

Hayward Mack as Maj. Bellamy Didsworth

Lon Chaney as Tuck Bartholomew

Louise Lovely as Bessie Brayton

Mae Gaston as Frances Berkeley