''Daddy's Gone A-Hunting'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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based upon a play by

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, with adaptation by Kenneth B. Clarke. The film brought together

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leading lady Alice Joyce and English actor

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after his success with ''

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''. This is the only film either of the main stars made for

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. The film was remade in 1931 as '' Women Love Once''. A print survives in the Národní filmový archiv.''Daddy's Gone A-Hunting'' at The Alice Joyce Website, by Greta De Groat
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Plot

Julian (

) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith ( Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in

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. 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 on

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. 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.

Cast

References

External links

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Article at the Silent Film Still Archive

at silentfilmstillarchive.com * (German intertitles) 1925 films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American silent feature films 1925 drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Frank Borzage Silent American drama films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films 1920s rediscovered films Rediscovered American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub