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Papa’s Baby
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 353 feet
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: Dell Henderson [Papa Binks], Sylvia Ashton [Mama Binks], Dave Morris [a policeman], William Beaudine [the young father], Dorothy Gish [the young mother] Clarence L. Barr (Clarence Barr) [the rescuer]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Walter B. Hay. Assistant director, William Beaudine. / Released 14 August 1913; in a split-reel with Come Seben, Leben (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? To be a fond and devoted parent, and to be unable to play with the heaven of your heart is indeed a cruel decree. That was the case of Papa Binks, but he outwitted Mrs. Binks and the nurse in a very effective, yet unostentatious manner, while he and the baby had the time of their lives.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 April 2020.

References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.

 
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