The Kidnapped Child

The Kidnapped Child (1904)

As a mother enters a store, she leaves her child outside in a carriage. Another woman standing nearby quickly snatches the child out of the carriage. Soon afterwards, another mother is playing with two children in the park, and when she leaves one of them unattended, her child is also seized by the same woman. These are only two of a number of children that an unscrupulous couple has captured for their own purposes.

Date of release
1904-04-23
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
5m
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Director
Charles Raymond

Casting

Interesting facts

The Child Stealers also known as The Kidnapped Child or Child Stealing is a 1904 British silent crime film about kidnapping, directed by William Barker and produced by the Warwick Trading Company.

Production and distribution

This is the first film directed by William Barker, who was then working for the Warwick Trading Company. The film has been distributed in the United Kingdom by the same company. It has been distributed in the United States by the Edison Manufacturing Company and by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company who has registered it for copyright on June 9, 1904.

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