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  • Father's Helping Hand (1915)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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Father's Helping Hand (1915)
Short | Comedy, Short
Ray enjoys a life of ease as "Secretary" to his wealthy father. He spends his large salary, makes love to Billie, the stenographer (which lets him out as far as his office activities are concerned), and runs up enormous bills in his ...See moreRay enjoys a life of ease as "Secretary" to his wealthy father. He spends his large salary, makes love to Billie, the stenographer (which lets him out as far as his office activities are concerned), and runs up enormous bills in his leisure hours. Father is indulgent. But when the office is so cluttered up with bill collectors that there is scarcely any room left for clients, he loses his temper and tells Ray that he is discharged until he can pay his own bills. Ray discovers that collectors of such bad debts as his own, get fifty per cent, for themselves, and he concludes it will be a clever notion to open a collection agency of his own and dun his father. By means of a disguise and Billie's connivance, Ray gets into father's private office and demands payment for his son's debts. Father refuses furiously. Ray goes back to his "Collection Agency," changes his disguise, and returns to the attack as a detective. He flashes a phony warrant on the old man and completely bluffs him. Father pays the money in cash, an enormous sum, and Ray leaves with the bills receipted in full. Later, with his hands full of the fifty-fifty cut, he goes back to father in the role of a prodigal son who has made good and father welcomes him with open arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Horace Davey
Writers
Al Christie (scenario) (as Al E. Christie) | Malcolm Strong (story)
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Updated Nov 5, 1915
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Nov 5, 1915 (United States)

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Ray Gallagher
Ray - the Secretary Ray - the Secretary   See fewer
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Billie Rhodes
Billie - the Stenographer Billie - the Stenographer   See fewer
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Harry L. Rattenberry
Ray's Wealthy Father (as Harry Rattenberry) Ray's Wealthy Father (as Harry Rattenberry)   See fewer
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