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{{About||the 1986 Australian miniseries|Whose Baby? (miniseries)}}
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| name = Whose Baby?
| name = Whose Baby?
| image =
| image = The Lamb doublefeature advert 1917.jpg
| caption = ''Whose Baby?'' advertised as a double feature with the 1915 film ''[[The Lamb (1915 film)|The Lamb]]''
| caption =
| director = [[Clarence G. Badger]]
| director = [[Clarence G. Badger]]
| producer = [[Mack Sennett]]<br>([[Keystone Studios]])
| producer = [[Mack Sennett]]<br>([[Keystone Studios]])
| writer =
| writer =
| starring = [[Gloria Swanson]]
| starring = [[Gloria Swanson]]
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| runtime = 2 reels
| runtime = 2 reels
| country = United States
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| language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br>English intertitles
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'''''Whose Baby?''''' is a 1917 [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]] and starring [[Gloria Swanson]].<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WhoseBaby1917-2.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Whose Baby? |accessdate=2009-07-05|work=Silent Era}}</ref>
'''''Whose Baby?''''' is a 1917 American [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]] and starring [[Gloria Swanson]].<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WhoseBaby1917-2.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''Whose Baby?'' |access-date=July 5, 2009|work=Silent Era}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Bobby Vernon]]
* [[Bobby Vernon]]
* [[Gloria Swanson]]
* [[Gloria Swanson]]
* [[Jay Dwiggins]]
* Jay Dwiggins
* [[Martha Trick]]
* Martha Trick
* [[Robert Milliken]]
* Robert Milliken
* [[Fritz Schade]]
* [[Fritz Schade]]
* [[Juanita Hansen]]
* [[Juanita Hansen]]
* [[Sylvia Ashton]]
* [[Sylvia Ashton]]
* [[Helen Bray]]
* [[Helen Bray]]
* [[Florence Clark]]
* Florence Clark
* [[Phyllis Haver]]
* [[Phyllis Haver]]
* [[William Irving (actor)|William Irving]]
* [[William Irving (actor)|William Irving]]
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* [[Myrtle Lind]]
* [[Myrtle Lind]]
* [[Roxana McGowan]]
* [[Roxana McGowan]]
* [[Virginia Nightingale]]
* Virginia Nightingale
* [[Marvel Rea]]
* [[Marvel Rea]]
* [[Earle Rodney]]
* [[Earle Rodney]]
* [[Vera Steadman]]
* [[Vera Steadman]]
* [[Ethel Teare]]
* [[Ethel Teare]]
* [[Wyn Roberts (actor)|Wyn Roberts]]
* [[Edith Valk]]
}}
* [[Guy Woodward]]

==Reception==
Like many American films of the time, ''Whose Baby?'' was subject to cuts by [[Film censorship in the United States|city and state film censorship boards]]. The Chicago Board of Censors cut a scene of a heavy woman sliding down a railing, two scenes of her falling in a gymnasium, and a closeup of her backed up against a wall.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald05exhi/page/n42 33] |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=August 4, 1917 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald05exhi |access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Imdb title|id=0215363|title=Whose Baby?}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0215363|title=Whose Baby?}}

{{Clarence G. Badger}}


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Latest revision as of 04:58, 10 July 2024

For the 1986 Australian miniseries, see Whose Baby? (miniseries).

Whose Baby?
Whose Baby? advertised as a double feature with the 1915 film The Lamb
Directed byClarence G. Badger
Produced byMack Sennett
(Keystone Studios)
StarringGloria Swanson
Distributed byTriangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 1, 1917 (1917-07-01)
Running time
2 reels
LandVereinigte Staaten
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Whose Baby? is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.[1]

Cast

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Reception

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Like many American films of the time, Whose Baby? was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors cut a scene of a heavy woman sliding down a railing, two scenes of her falling in a gymnasium, and a closeup of her backed up against a wall.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Whose Baby?". Silent Era. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  2. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (6). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 33. August 4, 1917. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
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