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The Child Stealers
(1904) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

L. Gaumont and Company [British] production; distributed by L. Gaumont and Company [British]. / © 9 June 1904 in the USA by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format?

Drama.

Synopsis: Gypsies steal children and train them to beg for money. A mother finds her child and calls in the police.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Alcohol - Arrests - Babies - Baby carriages - Balls - Children - Child slavery - Deception - Hats: Bowler - Kidnapping - Mothers - Panhandling - Parks - Pipes - Policemen - Stores

Listing updated: 13 January 2015.

References: Film viewing : Musser-Emerge pp. 365, 378, 599; Niver-First p. 54.

Home video: VHS.