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Just Pretending
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Jerold T. Hevener [Mr. Mills, the father], Eleanor Caines [Mrs. Mills, the mother], Albert Hackett [Albert Mills, the little boy], Henrietta O’Beck [Henrietta Mills, the little girl], [?] Jack Barrymore (John Barrymore)? [the policeman]
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / Released 5 July 1912; in a split-reel with A Pair of Boots (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Little Albert Mills, eight years old, reads in the paper the accounts of the abduction of children and holding them for ransom. He conceives the idea of playing the game on his little sister, Henrietta. He writes a note reading, “I have your children. Put four thousand dollars under the stone on front porch and I will bring them back. They are now hanging by the hair. Blue Beard.” He then tells Henrietta to look the other way, and he takes her dolls out of the doll buggy and hides them in the garden. Then he places the note in the rural delivery mailbox at the front gate. A little later a young fellow brings an auto up to the gate and the children plead for a ride. After a little hesitancy he consents and the children are carried away to the park. Mrs. Mills misses the children and finds the note in the mail box. She takes the matter seriously, and gathering a lot of neighbors and a policeman, gives chase to the auto. Many accidents occur in the chase. Finally the kiddies are caught, the dollies are found, and it is due for little Albert to get a spanking, but mother pleads for mercy and the incident ends in a good laugh.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 December 2024.
References: Pratt-Spellbound p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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