''The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus'' is a 1914 silent
Christmas film
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Storyline
A burglar in a Santa suit steals a family's Christmas presents. Amateur detective Octavius decides to catch him and recover the stolen things.
Cast
*Barry O'Moore - Octavius, the Amateur Detective
* Julian Reed - Ignatz - the Butler
* Richard Neill - Mr. Randall
* Bliss Milford - Mrs. Bertha Randall
* Kenneth Lawlor - Dick
* Kathleen Coughlin - Mamie
* Edith Peters - Kate
* John Sturgeon - The ''Wrong'' Santa Claus (burglar)
See also
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List of Christmas films
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Sources
''The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus'' (1914)on
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American silent short films
American black-and-white films
1914 films
Santa Claus in film
1910s Christmas films
American Christmas comedy-drama films
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1914 comedy-drama films
1910s American films
American comedy-drama short films
Silent American comedy-drama films
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