 Daddy 's Double is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Film Corporation . The film focuses on Hal , a young man , who proposes to Sue , his love interest . Her father overhears and becomes furious before whisking his daughter away to a boarding school . Hal and Sue attempt to elope , but it is foiled . Hal then gets an idea to disguise himself as the father and reclaim Sue . The plan works , but the father follows in pursuit . He breaks into the wedding ceremony at the parson 's house and sees his double . He then laughs and approves of the marriage . The film was the fourth release by Thanhouser and it was met with favorable reviews by critics . In 2007 , a surviving print was released on DVD with a new original score composed and performed by Raymond A. Brubacher . 
