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A Case of Eugenics
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Sidney Drew
Cast: Sidney Drew [Mr. Newlywed], Jane Morrow (Mrs. Sidney Drew) [Mrs. Newlywed], Bobby Connelly [the borrowed offspring]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Templar Saxe. / Released 29 October 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mrs. Newlywed and her friends hold a baby show, and Mr. Newlywed, who dislikes babies, nearly has a fit when he returns home and finds the house full of them. His wife takes a particular fancy to the little Drake baby, a prize-winner and a eugenic baby. When its mother takes a short rest in the country she leaves it in care of Mrs. Newlywed, who is delighted, and Mr. Newlywed, who is not. Newlywed secures the co-operation of his doctor, pretends to be suddenly taken sick, and hopes his wife will be so busy taking care of him she will have to get rid of the borrowed baby. The scheme works, and Mrs. Newlywed is kept on the run between caring for her husband and tending the baby, until finally, when Mr. Newlywed develops symptoms of mania, she takes the doctor’s advice and returns the child to its mother, whereas Newlywed gets well very quickly.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 October 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc.
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