After the Ball is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Gaston Glass, Miriam Cooper, and Edna Murphy.
[1] As described in a film magazine review,[2] Arthur Trevelyan, the dissolute son of Mark Trevelyan, is put out of his home when he marries a young woman of whom his father disapproves.
Through the press of circumstances, Arthur is forced to exchange clothes with a crook, who is later shot.
After some time he escapes and finds that he is the father of a five year old child.
The real culprit confesses to the crime, and Arthur is exonerated.