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What Happened to Father Synopsis

The title is descriptive and is not a question in which William Bradberry (Warner Oland), an absent-minded Egyptologist, turns from a henpecked husband to a dominating one who, unknown to his daughter Betty (Florence Fair as Florbelle Fairbanks) and wife (Vera Lewis), writes theatre musical comedy on the side. And saves his daughter from the unsavory millionaire, Victor Smith (John Miljan) she almost marries before she marries the decent man Tommy Dawson (Hugh Allan).

A Man and His Mate Synopsis

Harry Ogden - ne'er-do-well - is caught by a sheriff's posse and is about to be hung when he is saved by Betty, the daughter of a Kentucky Colonel, who is traveling in the West for his health. Ogden is addicted to a morphine habit and Betty, who is a doctor, hides him in their house and nurses him back to health. Ogden asks Betty to be his wife, and he is returning to his family home to get some money. The Colonel, mistaken for Ogden by Taylor, a rival for Betty's hand, is shot and killed by Taylor, who leaves evidence pointing to Ogden as the killer. Betty plans to turn him over to the law when he returns. Meanwhile, Taylor is killed by Choo, who is secretly in love with Betty, and she learns through Choo that Ogden is innocent of her father's murder.