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  • Father's Bright Idea (1917)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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Father's Bright Idea (1917)
Short | Comedy, Short

Neal has asked Father for the hand of his daughter, Betty, and the bright idea is to put Neal to a test. Father sees a pretty manicurist, Alice, and her friend, Ethel, and arranges with them to meet him and a friend at the Café HiLife at ...See moreNeal has asked Father for the hand of his daughter, Betty, and the bright idea is to put Neal to a test. Father sees a pretty manicurist, Alice, and her friend, Ethel, and arranges with them to meet him and a friend at the Café HiLife at ten. But Neal happens to drop in on Alice, and she tells him about the old fellow who suspects his prospective son-in-law of being a gay boy. She shows him the card with the appointment thereon. Neal, by a liberal tip, induces Alice to reverse the plot on father, and takes the card. Neal calls that evening and confides in Betty. Father proposes to Neal a little party on the quiet, and after some protest, Neal consents. He leaves the card with Betty, and he and father meet the girls. Betty lets mother find the card, and they go to the café. On a signal from Betty, Neal slips out and comes in just behind her and mother. They descend on father and the two girls, who support Neal in denying that he was with father's party. At home father admits Neal is clever, and gives Betty to him for keeps. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Neal Burns (scenario)
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Updated Apr 30, 1917

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Apr 30, 1917 (United States)

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