Daddy's Double

Daddy's Double is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Film Corporation.

The film focuses on Hal, a young man, who proposes to Sue, his love interest.

In 2007, a surviving print was released on DVD with a new original score composed and performed by Raymond A. Brubacher.

She awaits Sue to descend and round the corner before halting her and forcing her back inside.

The father is delayed for a short time by car trouble, but quickly arrives before the two are wed.

The father relents and approves the marriage as Hal removes his disguise in front of the stunned Parson.

Lonergan was an experienced newspaperman still employed by The New York Evening World while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions.

Barry O'Neil was the stage name of Thomas J. McCarthy, who would direct many important Thanhouser pictures, including its first two-reeler, Romeo and Juliet.

[4] Film historian Q. David Bowers does not attribute either as the director for this particular production, but he does credit Blair Smith as the cameraman.

[11] The film was shown across the United States, including theaters in Kansas,[12] New York,[13] Pennsylvania,[14] Texas,[15] and Indiana.

The New York Dramatic Mirror found it to have good acting which could still be more expressive, but was more indifferent to the use of unnecessary connecting scenes.

[18] The surviving print was obtained from the British Film Institute and featured a new original score composed and performed by Raymond A.

Daddy's Double