Father's Beard (1914)
Kennedy's greatest ambition was to raise a full beard such as his father had, but neither Mrs. Kennedy nor the children would hear of it. He therefore took advantage of a long trip and allowed his beard to grow. The result was an hirsute adornment which so thoroughly disguised him that he was unrecognizable even to his old friends. On the very day of his homecoming, the entire village was in an uproar over the report that a desperate burglar had attacked several people. Sally, the village gossip, served as the means of scattering this alarming bit of news, and each time she told it the man's size and ferocity took on extra proportions. On one point, all were agreed: he had a full beard. The houses were placed in a state of siege, and everything prepared to give the desperate intruder a warm reception, so Kennedy arrived home to find the door barricaded from the inside, and his efforts to attract his family's attention were greeted with a pailful of scalding water--and his own shotgun was fired at him as he tried to force open a window. Panic-stricken, Mrs. Kennedy fled from the house with her children. Kennedy followed her, trying to make her recognize him, but he was forced to retreat before the onslaught of the constable and his friends. He succeeded in reaching the house and was in the midst of a veritable siege when it suddenly dawned on him that his beard was causing all the trouble. Immediately, he began to shave, and had only succeeded in removing half of it when the door was forced open, and the constable, the neighbors, his wife, and the children rushed in. Recognition was instantaneous, and as a result Kennedy decided that he didn't need a beard.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles Ransom | Director |
| Mark Swan | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| William Wadsworth | |
| Mabel Dwight | |
| Richard Peer | |
| Grace Hannigan |
