Father’s Choice
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Father wants Mabel to marry a little, wealthy shrimp. She is in love with Charlie, a big, strapping fellow. Mabel is locked up in the house, but her lover sets the house on fire, and In the confusion runs to the minister's house with her. Father and his choice pursue, but Mabel and her lover hide in the chimney. Father sticks around with a big gun, and Mabel and her lover make up as negroes and are married, father being persuaded to act as best man.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1913-04-10
Runtime: 5 mins
Director: Henry Lehrman
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Father’s Choice
Production Companies: Keystone Film Company
Production Countries: United States of America
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