''Bab's Burglar'' was a 1917 American silent

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film directed by J. Searle Dawley and distributed by

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. The film followed ''

Bab's Diary ''Bab's Diary'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent romantic comedy film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Marguerite Clark. The film's scenario was written by Martha D. Foster, based on the screen story "Her Diary" by Mary Roberts Rin ...

'', released on October 17, 1917, and was the second in the trilogy of ''Babs'' films that starred Marguerite Clark.

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also appeared in an early role in his career.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Bab's father (Losee) decides to give her an allowance capped at $1,000 per year. 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 Elopement is a marriage which is conducted in a sudden and secretive fashion, sometimes involving a hurried flight away from one's place of residence together with one's beloved with the intention of getting married without parental approval. A ...

. 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 *

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 Guy Coombs (June 15, 1882 – December 29, 1947) was an American stage and screen actor who had a prolific career during the silent era. He was born in Washington, D. C., Washington, D.C. and died in Los Angeles, California. He left films in 1922 ...

as Harry * George Odell as The Butler * William Hinckley * Daisy Belmore

Preservation status

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

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* 1917 films 1917 romantic comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by J. Searle Dawley Films based on works by Mary Roberts Rinehart American sequel films Lost American romantic comedy films Paramount Pictures films 1917 lost films 1910s American films Silent American romantic comedy films 1910s English-language films English-language romantic comedy films Lost silent American films {{romantic-comedy-film-stub

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