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Sunshine Dad
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edward Dillon
Cast: De Wolf Hopper [Alonzo Evergreen], Fay Tincher [Widow Marrimore], Chester Withey (Chet Withey) [Count Kottschkoiff], Max Davidson [mystic seer], Raymond Wells [mystic doer], Eugene Pallette [Alfred Evergreen], Jewel Carmen [Charlotte], William De Wolf Hopper Jr. [baby], Mary Thurman, Leo the lion
The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by F.M. Pierson and Chester Withey (Chet Withey), from a screen story by Tod Browning and Chester Withey (Chet Withey). / Cinematography by Alfred G. Gosden. / © 17 April 1916 by Triangle Film Corporation [LP8603]. Released 23 April 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: A Knight of the Garter.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Motography, 8 April 1916, page ?] [De Wolf Hopper] in the role of a gay parent whose broad shoulders refuse to be burdened with anything savoring of seriousness. As Alonzo Evergreen, widower and possessor of a dutiful son, the bulky comedian wins out in a dash for the dashing widow. Mr. Hopper has the support of a good cast . . . but not so with the story. Sunshine Dad is amusing, but it lacks that elusive something that makes a picture funny . . . . a mixture of slapstick and straight comedy and though the blending is not of the cleverest, the picture is undeniably entertaining.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Lions
Listing updated: 19 January 2011.
References: Lahue-Kops p. 123; Lahue-Triangle p. 209; Skal-Browning pp. 265-266.
Home video: DVD.
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