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Rescued by Carlo
(1906) United States of America
B&W : [?] Split-reel? / 500 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / © 31 March 1906 by Siegmund Lubin [H75202]. Released 7 April 1906. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Lubin promotional materials] In the sitting room of their luxurious home, we see husband, wife and baby, the latter playing with her big dog, Carlo. After the husband has left for his office, the baby is taken out by her nurse. The nurse turned to the park where she is met every day by her lover, a policeman. On the way she is accosted by a wicked looking beggar woman who asks for alms but receives a haughty refusal. A little later the nurse meets her lover. Absorbed in conversation with him, the nurse turns her back on her sleeping charge and thus does not notice the gypsy woman stealing the sleeping baby from the baby coach and making off as quickly as she can. The old gypsy has just arrived with the child in her filthy attic where she proceeds to divest the baby of its rich clothing. Then leaving the almost naked baby on a heap of rags, she retires to a corner and gloats greedily over the pretty clothing with which the loving mother has decked her baby but a few hours before. The child’s mother is doing some fancy work when the remorse-stricken nurse bursts into the room and confesses to the loss of the child. The dog, who is listening intently and who seems to understand every word, starts off to find his little playmate. We see the dog leave the house. Taking up the scent he runs to the park and pretty soon reaches the place from where the baby was taken. He goes systematically along, passing a large monument, through wide streets, always unerringly following the scent and he comes to a small house in a narrow alley where he pushes open the door, running straight in. While still at work undressing the baby, the gypsy is surprised to see a dog breaking into the room. The dog caresses the little child until the old woman with shouts and drunken curses chases him from the garret. As quickly as he can the dog runs from the dirty slum through the various streets he has before traversed until at last he arrives at his master’s house. Making its way to the study, where the master is sitting, trying in vain to think of a way to recover his stolen darling. The dog jumps up to him, trying in his power to attract attention, barking, running to the door and back with such evident meaning that at last the master decides to follow. The faithful dog pushes open the door and starts to lead his master through the streets where we have seen him before until he reaches the very house where the child is detained. He goes right up into the room where the child lies on a heap of straw. Quickly and fondly the father seizes his little baby and without stopping to pay any attention to the drunken old woman who tries to bar his way, he rushes home again. The grief-stricken mother almost despairing of ever seeing her child sees suddenly her husband enter with the lost one in his arms. The dog, full of joy of this happy gathering, licks the faces of master, mistress and little playmate.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Rescues
Listing updated: 12 October 2023.
References: Usai-Griffith-1 p. 17 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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