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They Called It Baby
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Clarence Barr [the Indian chief], Louise Owen [the Indian chief’s daughter], Pat Whelan [the Indian brave], Florence Lee [Mabel], Madge Kirby [Dolly], Jack Mulhall [the first policeman], Gus Pixley [the second policeman]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 22 October 1914; in a split-reel with His Loving Spouse (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy: Western.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? An Indian brave is to marry the chief’s daughter, and a dog is required for the wedding feast. Mabel and Dolly are playing with “Baby,” a lap dog, when an Indian seizes the darling and makes off with it. The girls raise an outcry, “The Indians have stolen our Baby.” The police attack the Indian camp, and after a very funny series of battle scenes the girls rescue their pet. whereupon the men exclaim in disgust, “So that’s Baby.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.

 
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