Movies and TvShows featuring "asking-father-for-daughters-hand-in-marriage" theme.

Day Dreams is a silent comedy film about a stock-broker who daydreams about various scenarios during work, leading to chaotic and comedic situations. The film showcases slapstick comedy and visual humor, with memorable scenes involving a riverboat, police chases, and a hilarious encounter with a skunk. Set in Manhattan, New York City, the story takes place in the bustling world of Wall Street, where the protagonist's daydreams often interrupt his daily routine and lead to unexpected consequences.

Haunted Spooks is a silent film comedy horror short set in a spooky mansion. A young woman becomes the heiress to a haunted house, leading to a series of comedic and spooky encounters. The film follows her attempts to navigate her new inheritance while dealing with scheming relatives and romantic rivals.

In this comedy short film, a man disguises himself as a woman in order to ask his boss for his daughter's hand in marriage. Hilarity ensues as he navigates through various comedic situations, including hiding under a desk, climbing up a building, and getting caught in a trapdoor.

King of Hearts is a biographical drama that follows the life of a Finnish schlager singer in the 1970s. The film explores his rise to fame, his struggle with alcoholism, and his journey to overcome his personal demons.

In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water hose that forces him closer to the ground.

In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.

Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness)on a ship cruise and falls in love, much to the annoyance of her high-society, fortune-hunting fiance Barrington Thorne.

A group of gypsies vow vengeance on a runaway who murdered one of their own. Lust and intrigue run throughout the story about the mysterious and wild life of the wandering gypsies.

Poodles Hanneford comedy produced and distributed by the Weiss Brothers.

One Quiet Night is a 1931 Comedy short.

Charley unwittingly puts on a belt that has the power to change the wearer's personality.

Emphasizing themes of female independence and the esteem due to the men serving in the armed forces, the plot involves a strong-willed young woman (Agnes Vernon) who defies her father in order to marry a soldier (Hobart Henly) instead of the well-to-do suitor preferred by her father. JANE offers glimpses of soldiers on parade at the then-newly built Fort Winfield Scott and other rare views of the Presidio from a century ago

A chauffeur falls in love with the daughter of his employer.