| Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | |
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| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
| Written by | Kenneth B. Clarke |
| Based on | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting 1921 novel byZoë Akins |
| Produced by | Louis B. Mayer |
| Starring | Alice Joyce Percy Marmont |
| Cinematography | Chester A. Lyons |
| Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting is a 1925 Americansilentdrama film directed byFrank Borzage based upon a play byZoë Akins, with adaptation by Kenneth B. Clarke. The film brought togetherVitagraph leading ladyAlice Joyce and English actorPercy Marmont after his success withIf Winter Comes. This is the only film either of the main stars made forMGM.[1] The film was remade in 1931 asWomen Love Once. A print survives in theNárodní filmový archiv.[2][3]
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby inHarlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines.
Reaching his limits, Julian convinces his wife he could reach higher grounds if he were to go to Paris. He moves to Paris while his Edith works at a shop onFifth Avenue. Each of their lives evolves differently — Edith is courted by a wealthy suitor whom she ignores while pining for her husband, while Julian fails to meet his goals in Paris, returning defeated back to New York City three years later. Their child dies, and the meeting of Julian and Edith highlight how different their routes have been.
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