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What Happened to Father
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by C. Jay Williams (C.J. Williams)

Cast: Frank Daniels [father], Bernice Berner [mother], Adele Kelly [Fredericka], Anna Laughlin [Tommy], Billy Quirk [Dawson Hale], William Sloane (William Sloan) [Carlton Bayne], John Hollis [the butler], William Sellery [the uncle], Frank Kingsley [Mortimer]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated [A Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by Cecile B. Petersen, from the short story “What Happened to Father” by Mary Roberts Rinehart. / © 22 November 1915 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP7038]. Released 27 December 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The story was subsequently filmed as What Happened to Father (1927).

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 29 November 2023.

References: Tarbox-Lost p. 250 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.