False Fathers

False Fathers is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Horace B. Carpenter, starring Carpenter and Noah Beery.^[1][2]

False Fathers
Directed by	Horace B. Carpenter
Starring	Noah Beery Horace B. Carpenter
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Production company	El Dorado Productions
Distributed by	Davis Distributing Division
Release date	April 11, 1922 (1922-04-11)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film review,^[3] two gold prospectors, after ending an Indian attack on a covered wagon with dynamite, are led by a dog to a baby as the sole survivor of the attack. One of the prospectors is wanted for a murder that he did not commit, and he dreams of life with the young woman who believes him innocent. The two prospectors comically take care of the baby the best they can (for much of the film), and they come to love the child. A lawman is waylaid by a storm, and the accused man saves the detective from a wildcat. The detective tells him that the real murderer has confessed, and that he was after a band of crooks who had kidnapped the baby. It turns out that the baby belongs to one of the prospectors, but the lawman takes the child away. A parson then informs them that by law the child must be returned to the father. The child is returned for the joyous ending.

Cast

• Noah Beery as Parson
• Horace B. Carpenter
• Francis Pomerantz
• E. A. Martin

Review

A review in Variety described the film as "rank hokum" and noted that Noah Beery appeared for only a few minutes as the Parson.^[3]