Old Dad

{{short description|1920 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Old Dad | image = Old Dad (1920) - 5.jpg | alt = | caption = Trade advertisement | director = Lloyd Ingraham | producer = Louis B. Mayer | screenplay = J. Grubb Alexander | based_on = {{based on|''Old Dad''|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott}} | starring = Mildred Harris John St. Polis Myrtle Stedman Irving Cummings Hazel Howell Loyola O'Connor | music = | cinematography = Pliny Goodfriend | editing = | studio = Chaplin-Mayer Pictures Company | distributor = Associated First National Pictures | released = {{Film date|1920|11|}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Old Dad''''' is a 1920 American drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by J. Grubb Alexander. It is based on the 1919 novel ''Old Dad'' by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. The film stars Mildred Harris, John St. Polis, Myrtle Stedman, Irving Cummings, Hazel Howell, and Loyola O'Connor. The film was released in November 1920, by Associated First National Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499573/old-dad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813111115/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499573/Old-Dad/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |title=Old Dad (1920) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/old-dad-v104581 |title=Old Dad (1920) |publisher=AllMovie |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/17846 |title=Old Dad |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref>

==Plot== {{noplot|date=January 2024}}

==Cast== *Mildred Harris as Daphne Bretton *John St. Polis as Jeffrey Bretton *Myrtle Stedman as Virginia Bretton *Irving Cummings as Sheridan Kaire *Hazel Howell as Peggy Laine *Loyola O'Connor as Claudia Merriwane *Bess Mitchell as Bess Pomeroy *Tula Belle as Little Girl with Two Mothers

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Old Dad}} *{{IMDb title|0011529|Old Dad}}

Category:1920 films Category:1920 English-language films Category:American silent drama films Category:1920 drama films Category:Films based on American novels Category:First National Pictures films Category:Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1920 American films Category:English-language drama films