 Young Lord Stanley , possibly re @-@ issued as His Only Son , is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company . The film focuses on Jack Stanley who is disinherited by this father , Lord Stanley , for refusing to marry his cousin . Jack heads to America and takes a job as a groom . He is dismissed from his position after his employer learns of Jack 's affections for his daughter , Ann . Meanwhile , Lord Stanley decides to reinstate Jack in his will and then promptly dies , giving him his entire fortune . Jack reads of his father 's death in the newspaper and learns of his father 's will . The film concludes with the lawyer bringing Jack to a dinner party as " Lord Stanley " . Ann 's father wishes for her to earn his affections , but she is defiant and does not even look at him . Once she learns it his Jack , they kiss . The scenario was written by Lloyd Lonergan and the only known actor is Justus D. Barnes as Ann 's father . A surviving print of the film exists in the Library of Congress and it shows the improvement of the Thanhouser interior sets over films from months prior . The film was released on October 25 , 1910 , and was met with mixed reviews . 
