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Father Was a Loafer
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Billie Ritchie [Mr. Bummel], Alice Howell [the deserted wife], Gertrude Selby [Miss Rocks, the heiress], Louise Orth [the first nurse], Eva Nelson [the second nurse], Hank Mann [the doctor]
L-KO Motion Picture Kompany production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Henry Lehrman. / Released 10 February 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bummel is blessed with a family of four when his wife presents him with triplets. This addition to the family causes him to desert. He meets multimillionairess Miss Rocks when her horses run away while she’s out on a drive and Bummel rescues her at great risk to his own life. Out of gratitude, her father bestows her hand and fortune on the needy Bummel and the wedding day is set. Meanwhile, the deserted wife’s sorrow is eased by the company of Baldwin, who doesn’t mind the seven children that Bummel has abandoned. He has just about landed her when she reads of the approaching nuptials of her spouse and the multimillionairess. How she arrives at the Rocks mansion at the moment her husband is about to marry the heiress is scarcely as dramatic as Bummel’s subsequent escape attempts.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 9 July 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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