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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)

Drama
Release Date: 1925, March 8
Directors: Frank Borzage
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Overview:

Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines. Reaching his limits, Julian convinces his wife he could reach higher grounds if he were to go to Paris. He moves to Paris while his Edith works at a shop on Fifth Avenue. Each of their lives evolves differently—Edith is courted by a wealthy suitor whom she ignores while pining for her husband, while Julian fails to meet his goals in Paris, returning defeated three years later. The meeting highlight how different their routes have been.