''Bab the Fixer'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film produced by E. D. Horkheimer and distributed by

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directed and

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(wife of producer Horkheimer), who co-wrote the screenplay, stars. The film is

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. This film is not related to the series of 'Babs' films starring

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released by Paramount later that year.

Plot

Bab Porter is a young girl who moves west with her family after her stockbroker father John Porter loses their money through bad stock investments. After 10 years of living on the Ranch, Bab has all the characteristics of a cowgirl. Bab falls in love with Richard Sterling, a former clerk and

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. Bab’s mother does not approve of the match and wishes her daughter to marry up in social status. After the Porter family discovers oil on their ranch, Bab’s mother sends her to finishing school back east to assist her in landing a suitable husband. When Bab returns from school, she learns her mother and father have separated. Bab then works as a “fixer” for her parents’ marriage. The movie ends with her own wedding to Richard, the man she loved all along.

Cast

as Bab *

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as John Porter *

Mollie McConnell Mollie McConnell (September 24, 1865 – December 9, 1920) was an American silent film actress. McConnell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Mills Seminary in Oakland, California. She studied further at "Miss Grant's college" in Chica ...

as Adelaide Porter *Ruth Lackaye as Mrs. Drexel * R. Henry Grey as LeRoy Scott *

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as Richard Sterling *Clara Kahler

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''Bab the Fixer'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors ordered cut a scene showing a girl at a table thumbing her nose.

References

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* * 1917 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films based on short fiction 1917 comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Mutual Film films 1917 lost films 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films Lost comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub