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The Adventures of a Baby

The Adventures of a Baby

1911Short
ComedyShort

Uncle John, a bachelor, who has an antipathy for babies, is thrown into a state of consternation one day when he receives a wire from his niece stating she will arrive on the noon train with the baby for a four weeks' stay, reques...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
William Bechtel, Marie Tener
Release Date
August 9, 1911
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

William Bechtel
William Bechtel
as Uncle John - the Bachelor
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Marie Tener
as The Bachelor's Niece

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Edison Company

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

The bachelor's facial expression during these ordeals furnish fun enough
by deickemeyer2016-04-03

"A bright bit of comedy detailing the difficulty of a bachelor and a baby. The mother left it for a moment to get something from the train and is carried away. The young man believing it was a joke on him bestows it upon a prosperous looking man asleep in his chair. He is the young woman's uncle, a bachelor, frightened because the baby is coming and not particularly anxious to find the niece. He wakes up and finds he has a baby and ultimately gets rid of it to a nurse girl in the street where the mother finds it. The gentleman is congratulating himself that his niece and her baby did not c..."

💡 Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with the comedy The Stolen Dog (1911).

📖 Synopsis

Uncle John, a bachelor, who has an antipathy for babies, is thrown into a state of consternation one day when he receives a wire from his niece stating she will arrive on the noon train with the baby for a four weeks' stay, reques...