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

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film directed by

J. Searle Dawley James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Player ...

and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film followed ''

Bab's Diary ''Bab's Diary'' is a 1917 American 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 Rinehart. This w ...

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

Marguerite Clark Helen Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American theatre, stage and silent film actress. As a movie actress, at one time, Clark was second only to Mary Pickford in popularity. All but five of her films are co ...

Richard Barthelmess Richard Semler Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's ''Broken Blossoms'' (1919) and ''Way Down East'' (1920) and w ...

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 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

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. Disgusted at her failure to assist Leila, Bab retires, not knowing that she saved her sister from the hands of a fortune hunter.

Cast

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 Nigel Barrie (5 February 1889, in Calcutta, British India – 8 October 1971, in South Africa) was an Indian-born British actor. Biography Barrie's background as a dancer and actor on legitimate stages and in vaudeville in both Great Britain an ...

as Carter Brooks * Guy Coombs as Harry * George Odell as The Butler * William Hinckley *

Daisy Belmore Daisy Belmore (30 June 1874 – 12 December 1954) was an English stage and film actress. Born in England, Belmore moved to the United States in 1910 where she settled, achieving citizenship in 1939 and fame as a leading stage actress, as well a ...

Preservation status

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

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* * 1917 films 1917 romantic comedy films American 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 films Paramount Pictures films 1917 lost films Lost romantic comedy films 1910s American films Silent romantic comedy films Silent American comedy films 1910s English-language films English-language romantic comedy films {{romantic-comedy-film-stub

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