The Peachbasket Hat

The Peachbasket Hat

7 mins | June 24, 1909

Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid invites a band of gypsies into the house for a palm reading. After the gypsies leave, no one can find the baby, and everyone assumes it's been kidnapped, until the baby is found under a hatbox.

The Peachbasket Hat

7 mins | June 24, 1909

The Peachbasket Hat
Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid invites a band of gypsies into the house for a palm reading. After the gypsies leave, no one can find the baby, and everyone assumes it's been kidnapped, until the baby is found under a hatbox.
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title The Peachbasket Hat
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers

Cast

John R. Cumpson

as Mr. Jones

Florence Lawrence

as Mrs. Jones

Mary Pickford

as On street/In store

Anita Hendrie

as The Maid

Linda Arvidson

as Visitor

Marion Leonard

as The Gypsy

Arthur V. Johnson

as Policeman/In Store

Jeanie Macpherson

as In Store

Owen Moore

as On Street/In Store

Violet Mersereau

as Visitor

Herbert Prior

as Gypsy/In Store

Mack Sennett

as Policeman/In Store