The Bandit's Baby

The Bandit's Baby
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Directed by	James P. Hogan
Written by	Marion Jackson
Story by	Leete Renick Brown
Starring	Fred Thomson Helen Foster
Cinematography	Ross Fisher
Production company	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	May 17, 1925 (1925-05-17)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Bandit's Baby is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Fred Thomson and Helen Foster.^[1]^[2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] forced to hide in the hills with his horse Silver when he was unjustly accused of murder, Tom Bailey consents to return to ride in a rodeo when he is granted amnesty for one day. He also acts as a judge at a baby show and picks for first prize the baby brother of Esther Lacy, whose drunken stepfather, Matt Hartigan, is the real murderer. Tom wins the race and foils the sheriff's plan to arrest him by riding away. Esther goes to her brother in Carson City, while Tom keeps custody of the baby. Later Tom saves Esther and the baby, the latter by beating a train headed to an unused spur.

Cast

Fred Thomson as Tom Bailey
Helen Foster as Esther Lacy
Harry Woods as Matt Hartigan
Mary Louise Miller as Baby
Clarence Geldart as Sheriff
Charles W. Mack as Doctor
David Kirby as Bill Henry
Derry Dee as Sheriff's Son

References

^ Langman, p. 20
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Bandit's Baby at silentera.com
^ "New Pictures: The Bandit's Baby", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 22 (2): 53, July 4, 1925, retrieved June 6, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.