Daddy (1923 film)

Daddy
Directed byE. Mason Hopper
Story byJack Coogan Sr.
Lillian Coogan
Produced bySol Lesser
StarringJackie Coogan
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Josie Sedgwick
Cesare Gravina
CinematographyFrank B. Good
Robert Martin
Edited byIrene Morra
Distributed byAssociated First National Pictures
Release date
  • March 26, 1923 (1923-03-26)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
A scene from Daddy

Daddy is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper for Associated First National Pictures.[1] It stars Jackie Coogan, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Josie Sedgwick, and Cesare Gravina.[2] The script was written by Jackie Coogan's parents, Jack and Lillian. Coogan plays the son of a poor violin teacher who is separated from his father when his parents break up their marriage, only to be reunited again when his father makes it as a famous musician.[3] The film was shot on six reels.[4]

  1. ^ Film Directors. Lone Eagle Pub. 2001. p. 329. ISBN 9781580650304.
  2. ^ Sherwood, Robert Emmet (1923). The best moving pictures of 1922-23, also Who's who in the movies and Yearbook of the American screen. p. 109.
  3. ^ Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-913204-36-8.
  4. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1923). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 321.