Baby Mine
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Baby Mine is a 1917 silent film comedy directed by both John S. Robertson
John S. Robertson
John Stuart Robertson was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore. He broke into filmmaking in 1915 with Vitagraph, then with Famous Players-Lasky, making 57 features in his career...

 and Hugo Ballin
Hugo Ballin
Hugo Ballin was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York. When the Wisconsin State Capital was built in the early 20th Century, Ballin created 26 murals for its interior...

 and starring Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy was a movie and stage actress of the silent film era....

. The picture marked Kennedy's screen debut and was one of the first films produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...

 as an independent after founding his own studio. It is based on a 1910 Broadway play Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo
Margaret Mayo (playwright)
Margaret Mayo, born Lillian Elizabeth Slatten , was an American actress, playwright and screenwriter. She is buried in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Mt. Kisko, New York....

. The story was filmed once again in 1928 with Charlotte Greenwood
Charlotte Greenwood
Frances Charlotte Greenwood was an American actress and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and eventually starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing around six feet tall, she was best known for her long legs and high kicks...

. This version however is lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

.

Cast

  • Madge Kennedy
    Madge Kennedy
    Madge Kennedy was a movie and stage actress of the silent film era....

     - Zoie
  • Kathryn Adams
    Kathryn Adams
    Kathryn Adams was an American silent film actress.-Biography:Born Ethalinda Colson in St. Louis, Missouri, Adams entered films in 1915 after a brief and rather unsuccessful stint in musical comedy...

     - Aggie (*as Katherine Adams)
  • John Cumberland - Jimmie
  • Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the title character in the film The Wizard of Oz.-Early life:...

    - Alfred
  • Sonia Marcelle - Italian Mother
  • Virginia Madigan - Maggie
  • Jack Ridgeway - O'Flarity (*as Jack Ridgway)
  • Nellie Fillmore - Mrs. O'Flarity

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