Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
60 min
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines. Reaching his limits, Julian convinces his wife he could reach higher grounds if he were to go to Paris. He moves to Paris while his Edith works at a shop on Fifth Avenue. Each of their lives evolves differently—Edith is courted by a wealthy suitor whom she ignores while pining for her husband, while Julian fails to meet his goals in Paris, returning defeated three years later. The meeting highlight how different their routes have been.
- Release date
- March 8, 1925
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Alice Joyce as Edith
- Percy Marmont as Julian
- Virginia Marshall as Janet
- Helena D'Algy as Olga
- Ford Sterling as Oscar
- Holmes Herbert as Greenough
- Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Greenough
- James O. Barrows as Colonel Orth
- James T. Mack as Benson
- Martha Mattox as Mrs. Wethers
Crew
- Frank Borzage · Director
- Zoe Akins · Writer
- Kenneth B. Clarke · Writer
- Frank Borzage · Producer
- Chester A. Lyons · Cinematographer
- Frank Sullivan · Editor