The College Orphan
Cast & Crew
William C. Dowlan
Carter Dehaven [sr.]
Flora Parker De Haven
Miss Edwards
Louis Morrison
Gloria Fonda
Film Details
Synopsis
Angered by his son Jack's wild behavior, Mr. Bennett sends him to college on a limited allowance. Jack is engaged to Irma Brentwood, the daughter of his father's partner, however, Irma prefers upper classman Bruce Howard. At Jack's boardinghouse, Jack is kind to orphan Daisy Woods, the much-abused maid, who falls in love with him. After a football victory, Jack's fraternity goes to a burlesque theater, but finds that Howard's fraternity is already there. Following a rough house, Jack's fraternity kidnaps the showgirls for a party. Howard tells the dean, but the girls leave before he arrives. After Howard bribes a girl to hide in Jack's room, tear her dress, and scream when Jack enters, Jack is expelled and disinherited. Although Daisy explains everything to Mr. Bennett, Jack refuses his newly offered inheritance, preferring to make his way unaided. Later, Daisy, now Irma's maid, sees Bruce steal papers concerning a government contract for which Bennett and Brentwood plan to bid. After she retrieves the documents, Jack underbids Bruce, obtains the contract for his father, and becomes engaged to Daisy.
Director
William C. Dowlan
Cast
Carter Dehaven [sr.]
Flora Parker De Haven
Miss Edwards
Louis Morrison
Gloria Fonda
Val Paul
Lule Warrenton
William Canfield
Doc Crane
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This was the film debut of Broadway stars Carter and Flora Parker De Haven. Gloria Fonda was one of the winners in the Universal Beauty contest in the summer of 1915. The pre-release title of this film was At Watt College. Some sources credit the role of "Irma Brentwood" to Olga Devoe, and the role of "Mr. Brentwood" to Robert Singer.
