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An Absentminded Mother
Also known as [An Absent Minded Mother], [An Absent-Minded Mother]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Charles H. France
Cast: May Abbey [Mrs. Grayson], William Bechtel [Mr. Grayson], Bliss Milford [the maid], Harry Beaumont
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Charles H. France. / Released 28 February 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Pictures World]? Mr. Grayson’s claim to greatness lay in his invention of a magic hair restorer; Mrs. Grayson was remarkable for the curious manner in which her brain worked. She was never able to set her mind on whatever she happened to be doing. One morning, she took her small son, the pride and hope of the family, off on a shopping tour. After making a few purchases in a drugstore, Mrs. Grayson opened her pocketbook and took out a roll of bills. Then she looked in the pocketbook again: her money was gone. The excitement which intervened between the time that she made this horrifying discovery and the time that the clerk pointed out to her that she was still holding the money in her right hand, was so intense that Mrs. Grayson swept out of the store with never a thought about her son. By the time she reached home, she had completely forgotten that she had taken him with her, so when she looked for him upon her return and found no trace of him around the house, Hence when she looked for the infant upon her return and found no trace of it about the house, she immediately jumped to the conclusion that he had been kidnapped. Hectic times followed. While Mr. and Mrs. Grayson tore frantically about town, the baby was found by one of the policemen who had been detailed to search for him. To keep him out of mischief until the family returned, the Graysons’ maid placed him in a large packing case. A considerable quantity of Mr. Grayson’s wonderful tonic had been spilled in the packing case that very morning. When the boy was restored to his mother’s arms, he rejoiced in a mustache and beard that a man of 40 might have envied. It was a great advertisement for the hair tonic, anyway.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 January 2025.
References: Braff-Short n. 20 : Website-IMDb.
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