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  • Saving the Child (1914)
  • Short | 10 min | Comedy, Short
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Saving the Child (1914)
Short | 10 min | Comedy, Short
The villain and his evil cohorts peer through the window. The baby in the cradle has inherited a small fortune, and is now amusing itself by throwing bean bags at its mother, The villain creeps through the window, and, overpowering the ...See moreThe villain and his evil cohorts peer through the window. The baby in the cradle has inherited a small fortune, and is now amusing itself by throwing bean bags at its mother, The villain creeps through the window, and, overpowering the fond mother, demands, "Give us a million dollars or we will kidnap your child." The mother swoons. The light is smashed and the baby is stolen. Padlock Bones, detective, protector of innocence at reasonable rates, hears his telephone tinkle. He disguises and answers it. A few moments later the distracted mother reports the larceny of her offspring to him. He again disguises himself, and exits with the woman through a trap door in the floor. Once upon the scene of the crime. Padlock gets busy. By means of a powerful microscope, he discovers a string of lima beans leading from the room. He follows. The villain and his gang are in a saloon drinking, when they see at the window Padlock Bones examining them with a telescope. They hide the baby in a beer barrel and fortify themselves in an adjoining room. Padlock enters and the bartender attempts to poison him. The detective pours the beer into his hat and pretends sleep. The villain sneaks up and stabs him in the boot. Padlock then replaces his foot in the boot. The villain again steals in and sinks a hatchet in his arm. Padlock removes the hatchet from a false arm. The police and the mother arrive. Padlock throws aside his disguise and announces, "The child is in yon barrel asleep." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Allen Curtis
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Updated Jan 14, 1914
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Jan 14, 1914 (United States)

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