The Baby of the Boarding House (1912)

A young couple leave their baby with an old fellow across the hall in their boarding house, and depart for the theater. Finding the house sold out, they return, discover the old man asleep after having vainly attempted to "mother"' the crying infant, remove it without awakening him and depart to spend the afternoon with mother-in-law. In a horrible dream the old fellow now sees the baby stolen by two thugs, awakens, finds the baby missing, sets the boarding house in an uproar, the police are summoned and a frantic search for the infant begins. The young couple now return, the mystery of the lost baby is explained, and the crowd wreaks vengeance on the poor old man for the disturbance he has created for nothing.

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GenresComedy Short