Ask Father
About Ask Father
Harold wants to marry the boss's daughter and cannot get past the office staff. The boss throws him out with trap doors and conveyor belts. He tries a dress from the costume shop next door, then a suit of armor, and clubs his way in. The daughter has already eloped. He takes the switchboard operator instead. The short includes a climb on the outside of the building.
Cast & crew
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Hal Roach produced and directed it. H. M. Walker wrote it. It was released on February 9, 1919. Wikipedia gives 13 minutes. Harold Lloyd plays the boy. Bebe Daniels plays the switchboard operator. Marie Mosquini plays the daughter. Snub Pollard plays the secretary. Wallace Howe plays the boss. A copy is on the Internet Archive as ask-father-1919.
Themes
Making
Roach stages the office as a machine that ejects visitors, then puts Lloyd on the wall.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The armor works because he can hit the guards with the club.
- The dress does not get him in.
- Bud Jamison is the guardian at the door. Noah Young and Sammy Brooks are the office workers.
- The daughter is already gone by the time he reaches the office.
Scenes
- Trap doors and belts throw him out of the office.
- In armor, he clubs his way to the boss and learns the daughter has eloped.
Also available
- Internet Archive (ask-father-1919)
