Lost1915Thanhouser CompanyOne reelComedy

His Sister’s Kiddies

Name: His Sister’s Kiddies
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1915-02-21

No copy you can watch online. No print is known to survive. What follows is what does: the release, the cast, the story, and what the trade press said at the time.

The story

“Samuel Bender, a wealthy bachelor, offers to stay with his sister’s children, while she takes a fortnight’s rest and vacation. He writes her that nothing could possibly give him more pleasure than to be with his small nephew and niece, whom he has made sole heirs to his estate. He buys all kinds of toys and games—enough to make his life miserable for a month—and departs for the country. In two days his sister receives a telegram, stating that Samuel has been called back to New York on very urgent business. Once aboard the train, he experiences some relief. But he loses no time in destroying his will and making a new one in which he leaves his property, real and personal, to the orphan dogs of Gotham.”

Summary from Reel Life · 13 February 1915

What the papers said

1 review · 1 advertisement

“An amusing skit in which the uncle agrees to care for his sister’s children during the mother’s absence. The children wear him out with their persistent playing and pile into bed with him in the morning when he wants to sleep. The situations in this are natural and quite enjoyable, though the plot is of course slight.”

The Moving Picture World · 27 February 1915

13 February 1915Reel Life1 min

“A laughable new version of the famous ‘Budge’ and ‘Toddy,’ in which a wealthy bachelor uncle volunteers to take care of his sister’s children for a fortnight, but soon repents of his contract. Helen Badgley, the Thanhouser Kidlet, and Leland Benham are in the roles of the ‘enfants terribles,’ Will H. Stevens is the uncle, and Ethyle Cooke and Fan Bourke make up the balance of the cast.”