Meet Father (1924) Online

Bess True's father wants her to marry a real man, but Bess prefers Bobby Ray, who must fight boxer Glen Cavender in this standard but funny short comedy.

It's a common enough type of story for short comedy in this era, but Ray, who had become a screen comic in 1915 as "Alkilai Ike, Jr." and who would later become a second unit director, is more than up to the challenge. While fans of silent comedy will recognize a lot of gags and locales that many other comedies used (I must have seen a hundred comedies in which some one gets tossed over that cliff by the ocean), Bobby Ray's mild but game character and Cavender's tough handle the gags very well. In addition, fans will be pleased to see Pete the Pup in an early role.

This short comedy was thought lost for many years, but a Pathe Baby 9.5 mm. show-at-home print turned up and has been transferred, along with seven other, to DVD. You can find this on Ben Model's ACCIDENTALLY PRESERVED 4.