09 October 1908 Comedy 10 mins
D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful women so he gets a makeover and heads out on the prowl.
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Mack Sennett as Father Bill Wilkins
Harry Solter as Son
George Gebhardt as Professor Dyem
Charles Avery as Butler
Florence Lawrence as First Couple
Charles Inslee as Clumsy Waiter
United States 09 October 1908
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You have got to keep up with the bandwagon or quit. This never impressed old Wilkins so forcibly as when his son and daughter give him the go-by stamping ...
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24 January 1908
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