Just Pretending

Story

Synopsis

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.

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

5 July 1912

Ensemble

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

• 

  John Barrymore

  The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)