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Kidnapping the Kid (1914)

Kidnapping the Kid poster
Directed by
John A. Murphy
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people gets involved in a plot to kidnap a child. The plan goes wrong in a series of comedic mishaps.

slapsticklightheartedfast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalsillyenergetic

What happens

Kidnapping the Kid is a 1914 American split-reel silent comedy film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Harry Lorraine, Billy Bowers, and Oliver Hardy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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