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Feature film — 1914

The Athletic Family (1914)

9.00h 11mComedy

Retired heavyweight champion Jake Punchim is a fitness nut, keeping himself, his wife, and their twin daughters Helen and Dot in constant training much to Dot’s chagrin. While out walking separately one day both girls meet young men who are perfect for them but completely wrong for the other sister and make a date to meet them in the park at 2:00. When they arrive and the men mistake each sister for the other. Complications follow particularly when Daddy Jake becomes involved, but it all ends happily.

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Vitagraph Company of America

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Director: Edmond F. Stratton

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Cast & crew

William Shea as Jake Punchim

William Shea

Jake Punchim

Kate Price as Mrs. Jake Punchim

Kate Price

Mrs. Jake Punchim

Ethel Corcoran as

Ethel Corcoran

Garry McGarry as

Garry McGarry

Denton Vane as

Denton Vane

E

Edna Nash

Helen - The Tomboy Twin

A

Alice Nash

Dot - The Gentle Twin

J

Jack Bulger

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