Just Pretending (1912)
Just Pretending (1912)
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.

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Jerold T. Hevener Jerold T. Hevener As: Mr. Mills - the Father
Eleanor Caines Eleanor Caines As: Mrs. Mills - the Mother
Albert Hackett Albert Hackett As: Albert Mills - the Little Boy
Henrietta O'Beck Henrietta O'Beck As: Henrietta Mills - the Little Girl
John Barrymore John Barrymore As: The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
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Storyline

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.


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Genres: Comedy

Language: No Language

Release Date: 05 July 1912

Country: US

Runtime: 50m

Company Credits

Company: Lubin Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Jerold T. Hevener

Jerold T. Hevener

Mr. Mills - the Father

Eleanor Caines

Eleanor Caines

Mrs. Mills - the Mother

Albert Hackett

Albert Hackett

Albert Mills - the Little Boy

Henrietta O'Beck

Henrietta O'Beck

Henrietta Mills - the Little Girl

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)

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