A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Bringing Home Father
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William Worthington

Cast: Franklyn Farnum [Peter Drake], Brownie Vernon [Jackie Swazey], Florence Mayon [Eliza Tilly Swazey], Arthur Hoyt [‘Pa’ Swazey], Richard La Reno [Mike Clancy]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Bess Meredyth, from a screen story by H.O. Davis. Cinematography by Friend F. Baker. / © 5 May 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP10720]. Released 4 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 June 2013.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 26 : Website-AFI.