“That’s My Daddy”
That’s My Daddy is a 1928 American silent comedy starring Reginald Denny and Barbara Kent. The film’s story is credited to Denny; though the direction is credited to Fred C. Newmeyer, Denny claimed to have directed most of the film himself. The film survives and has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
A wealthy bachelor avoids a ticket by lying about visiting his sick daughter. At the hospital, an orphan girl claims him as her father, forcing him to maintain the ruse while keeping her hidden from his fiancée.
After being unavailable to the public for many decades, the film was screened at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, California, on August 24, 2007 (on a double bill with Denny’s 1925 film I’ll Show You the Town), and again on August 13, 2014.
This is presented by permission of Packard Humanities and the UCLA Film Archive.