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Baby Mine

1917 · 60 min

A frothy silent farce of escalating white lies, with playful scheming and frantic baby-swapping that keeps things light and silly.

Directed by
Hugo Ballin, John S. Robertson
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Madge Kennedy, Kathryn Adams, John Cumberland
Overview
Madge Kennedy plays a young bride whose husband walks out after a quarrel. Hoping to make him come crawling back, Kennedy pretends to have given birth to a baby. Complications ensue when Morgan returns home, demanding to see his new kid.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Hugo Ballin, John S. Robertson
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Madge Kennedy, Kathryn Adams, John Cumberland
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • family
  • love
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Hugo Ballin, John S. Robertson
Written by
Margaret Mayo
Starring
Madge Kennedy, Kathryn Adams, John Cumberland, Frank Morgan, Sonia Marcelle, Virginia Madigan, Jack Ridgeway, Nellie Fillmore
Runtime
60 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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