Bab's Burglar

Bab's Burglar
	Film poster
Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Written by	Margaret Turnbull (scenario)
Story by	Mary Roberts Rinehart
Starring	Marguerite Clark
Cinematography	Lewis W. Physioc; H. Lyman Broening
Production; company	Famous Players Film Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 28, 1917;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Bab's Burglar was a 1917 American silent romantic comedy film directed by J. Searle Dawley and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film followed Bab's Diary, released on October 17, 1917, and was the second in the trilogy of Babs films that starred Marguerite Clark.

Richard Barthelmess also appeared in an early role in his career.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[2] Bab's father (Losee) decides to give her an allowance of $1,000 per year with nothing extra. Bab (Clark), believing herself in possession of a small fortune, buys violets for all of her teachers and an automobile for herself, spending the remaining funds for its upkeep. After balancing her books she finds that she has 16 cents left for the year. However, her father is right there to help her out. She is anxious to see her sister Leila (Greene) married off so that she will be treated as a young woman. Bab mistakes the young man interested in her sister for a burglar and interferes with her sister's elopement. Disgusted at her failure to assist Leila, Bab retires, not knowing that she saved her sister from the hands of a fortune hunter.

Cast

Marguerite Clark as Bab Archibald
Leone Morgan as Jane Raleigh
Richard Barthelmess as Tommy Gray
Frank Losee as Mr. Archibald
Isabel O'Madigan as Mrs. Archibald
Helen Greene as Leila Archibald
Nigel Barrie as Carter Brooks
Guy Coombs as Harry
George Odell as The Butler
William Hinckley
Daisy Belmore

Preservation status

All three Bab's films are now presumed to be lost.[3]

References

Progressive Silent Film List: Bab's Burglar at silentera.com
"Reviews: Bab's Burglar". Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (20): 27. November 10, 1917.
Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. p. VII. lost film.

External links

Bab's Burglar at IMDb
Bab's Burglar at AllMovie

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: Bab's Burglar at silentera.com

[2] "Reviews: Bab's Burglar". Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (20): 27. November 10, 1917.

[3] Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. p. VII. lost film.