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The Baby and the Stork
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Edna Foster [Bobby], Charles Hill Mailes [Bobby’s father], Claire McDowell [Bobby’s mother], Kate Bruce [the nurse], William J. Butler [the doctor], Grace Henderson [the maid], Edward Dillon [the workman], Dorothy Bernard [the workman’s wife], Edith Haldeman [the workman’s daughter], William Bechtel [the assisting doctor], Frank Evans [a man on the street], J. Jiquel Lanoe [a man on the street], Alfred Paget [a man at the zoo], W.C. Robinson [a policeman], Charles H. West [a policeman]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hennessey. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 1 January 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Location footage was shot in Westfield, New Jersey.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bobby’s love for his mamma and papa is so great that he even fears they might die and be taken from him. On the other hand, he is his parents’ only thought and care. However, some time later a new baby arrives at the home, and Bobby is told that the stork at the park brought it. It isn’t long before he realizes that the baby is everything now, and he is “left out in the cold.” This treatment fires the youngster with jealous rage, and remembering the story of the stork, takes up the baby from its crib, puts it in a basket and carries it out to the stork’s cage in the park, exclaiming. “Here, Mr. Stork, take your old baby, we don’t want it.” Meantime, his parents are wild with anxiety over the disappearance of the baby, believing it to have been kidnapped. Their fears are relieved later by the appearance of the park officer with Bobby and the baby.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 December 2022.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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