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Playthings of Fate
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Charles H. Mailes (Charles Hill Mailes) [Doctor Ross], Augusta Anderson [Mrs. Ross; and the double], Katherine Lee [the Ross child], Kate Bruce [the governess]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 7 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? In face and form the two women were identical, but otherwise how different. The one a happy wife, the other a butterfly, they had nothing in common. Suddenly the woman who visits her child in secret is notified that it has disappeared. A stranger returns the runaway to its guardian. A picture of his wife is on the mantel, “yes, the child’s mother,” he is informed. Happenings in his own home tend to increase his suspicions. Then by his skill as a surgeon he saves the baby’s life, the two women come together and his doubts vanish.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.

 
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