The Leopard's Lair (1915)

Bob Wheeler, a sturdy young South African hunter, makes his living by killing wild beasts. His modest home in the veldt is made comfortable and happy by the presence of Ruth, his pretty, young wife, little Annie, their eight-year-old daughter, and the baby. The neighborhood is infested by leopards. These brutes become familiar almost to the point of fearlessness, and one day little Annie is frightened by the invasion of the clearing of a pair of leopards. Little Annie is watching the baby, but in her terror at the approach of the leopards she hides in a closet. The leopards vault through the open window; one seizes the baby in its mouth and, followed by its mate, springs through the open window and leaps into the forest. An alarm is raised by Annie, and neighbors are called to help in the search in the hope that the baby may be found uninjured. After a battle with the ferocious brutes, the baby is found, fortunately uninjured, and the agonized parents are reunited to their beloved baby.

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GenresDrama Short