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Dan, the Dandy
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 998 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: William J. Butler [the father], Charles West [Dan, the son], Wilfred Lucas [a wealthy clubman, disguised as a tramp], Marion Sunshine [the heiress]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Bernardine R. Leist. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 20 September 1911 by Biograph Company. Released 18 September 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World] The opening of the picture impresses one that the family is expecting the arrival of a most important personage, and such is the case, for the father expects the return of his only son from college in whom he had set great hopes, only to have them crushed into absolute disgust upon the entrance of his son who has become a pronounced mollycoddle. The father at once sets about to cure the son of his present milksop nature by engaging the services of a tramp to taunt manhood into his son. This tramp proves to be a wealthy club-man disguised, in quest of new sensations, and enters into the spirit of the game with vim. This, however, proves fruitless. Still, the son’s interest in a wealthy young heiress arouses hopes in the father for he sees another plan, jealousy. To bring this about he gives a house party and the pretended tramp monopolizes the girl’s attention. Jealousy is aroused, but Dan reasons he hasn’t the sufficient sand to back his rage up, so he repairs himself to a gymnasium where later we see him entirely transformed, and so, when next he encounters the quasi-tramp, the father has reason to be proud of him.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative, 35mm workprint positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 April 2023.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 1; Usai-Griffith-5 pp. 115-116 : Website-IMDb.
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