| Her Father's Son | |
| Director: | William Desmond Taylor |
| Producer: | Oliver Morosco |
| Screenplay: | L. V. Jefferson |
| Starring: | Vivian Martin Gayne Whitman Herbert Standing Helen Jerome Eddy Joe Massey Jack Lawton |
| Cinematography: | Homer Scott |
| Studio: | Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Her Father's Son is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Anna Fielder Brand and L. V. Jefferson. The film stars Vivian Martin, Gayne Whitman, Herbert Standing, Helen Jerome Eddy, Joe Massey, and Jack Lawton. The film was released on October 12, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2]
When Frances Fletcher (Martin), a Southern young woman, moves in with her uncle William (Standing) just before the start of the Civil War, she dresses as a young man in order to secure her inheritance. Problems arise after the war breaks out and her uncle takes in Lt. Richard Harkness (Whitman) as his guest and the Union officer expresses a fondness in the cross-dressed Frances.[3]
Her Father's Son is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[4] [5]