Silent short
Ask Father
Synopsis
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.
Credits
| Role | People | Character | Billed as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast | Harold Lloyd | The Boy | Harold Lloyd |
| Cast | Bebe Daniels | Switchboard operator | Bebe Daniels |
| Cast | Snub Pollard | — | — |
| Cast | Harry 'Snub' Pollard | The Corn-Fed Secretary | Harry 'Snub' Pollard |
| Cast | Wallace Howe | Father | — |
| Cast | James Parrott | Suitor | — |
| Cast | Wally Howe | The Boss | Wally Howe |
| Cast | Bud Jamison | Guardian at the door | Bud Jamison |
| Cast | William Gillespie | Clerk | — |
| Cast | James Fitzgerald | Clerk | — |
| Cast | Noah Young | Large office worker | Noah Young |
| Cast | Dee Lampton | Clerk | — |
| Cast | Sammy Brooks | Short office worker | Sammy Brooks |
| Cast | Billy Fay | — | — |
| Cast | Marie Mosquini | Boy's first love | Marie Mosquini |
| Cast | Margaret Joslin | — | — |
| Cast | Lew Harvey | — | — |
| Cast | Oscar Larson | — | — |
| Cast | Belle Mitchell | — | — |
| Cast | William Peterson | — | — |
| Cast | Dorothea Wolbert | — | — |
| Cast | Estelle Harrison | — | — |
| Cast | Grace Madden | — | — |
| Cast | Jerome LaPlauch | — | — |
| Cast | Fred Jefferson | Justice of the Peace | — |
| Producer | Hal Roach | — | — |
| cinematography | Walter Lundin | — | — |
| Director | Hal Roach | Director | Hal Roach |
| Writer | H.M. Walker | Writer | H.M. Walker |
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