Her Official Fathers

Her Official Fathers is a 1917 American silent film that was co-directed by Elmer Clifton and Joseph Henabery. It was produced as a starring vehicle for Dorothy Gish, and she may have directed some parts of the film.

Her Official Fathers
Directed byElmer Clifton
Joseph Henabery
Written byRoy Somerville
Hugh S. Miller
StarringDorothy Gish
Frank Bennett
F.A. Turner
CinematographyKarl Brown
Production
company
Fine Arts Film Co.
Distributed byTriangle Film Corp.
Release date
  • April 8, 1917 (1917-04-08)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent
English intertitles

Her Official Fathers was never registered for a copyright and is technically in the public domain. It is thought to be a lost film.[1]

Plot

Gish plays Janice, a wealthy girl whose fortune has been entrusted to two trust company vice presidents (the "official fathers" of the title). One of the vice presidents proposes marriage to the girl, but Janice also finds herself accepting the proposal of the other vice president's son. Confused over who she prefers, she retracts her acceptance of both proposals and becomes engaged to a bank teller. When the true motives of her three would-be suitors come to light, Janice makes the right decision about whom to marry.[2]

Cast
gollark: If you *ask* someone "hey, random person, would you like people in Africa to not die of malaria", they will obviously say yes. Abstractly speaking, people don't want people elsewhere to die of malaria.
gollark: Capitalism is why we have a massively effective (okay, mostly, some things are bad and need fixing, like intellectual property) economic engine here which can produce tons of stuff people want. But people *do not care* about diverting that to help faraway people they can't see.
gollark: Helping people elsewhere does mean somewhat fewer resources available here, and broadly speaking people do not actually want to make that tradeoff.
gollark: You don't particularly need that. You can just buy a cheaper phone and give charity £400 or something.
gollark: People might actually look at you as weird if you donate a significant % of your income to effective charities, rather than just £10 a month to WarmFuzzyCharity2000 which helps endangered homeless tigers get food or something.

References
  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Her Official Fathers at silent era.com
  2. Synopsis of Her Official Fathers at tcm.com


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