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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 Modern Cinderella Synopsis

Joyce's mother keeps her younger daughter in the background so that Polly, the elder daughter, can monopolize all the eligible young men, especially Tom. Although Tom is Polly's choice, she decides to pique his interest by flirting with Harry. Joyce, who likes Tom herself, decides to defeat her sister's plan by having Tom pretend that he likes her. Soon, the pretense turns to love and Tom proposes to Joyce. To test his sincerity, Joyce jumps into shark-infested waters and almost loses her life. Tom visits her constantly in the hospital and finds that his operation on her heart was quite successful.