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Twin Kiddies (1917)
50 min | Comedy, Drama

Twin Kiddies (1917)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

No one seems to understand or love Fay, the little spoiled granddaughter of William Van Loan, a hard-hearted capitalist, but the old family butler, who tells her fairy stories. In Powhatan, a mining town controlled by Van Loan, Bessie, a ...See moreNo one seems to understand or love Fay, the little spoiled granddaughter of William Van Loan, a hard-hearted capitalist, but the old family butler, who tells her fairy stories. In Powhatan, a mining town controlled by Van Loan, Bessie, a sweet motherless child of Jasper Hunt, a mine foreman, lives with their housekeeper, Mrs. Flannigan. The mining company raises the price of food stuffs at the only store; the men resent this, and failing to get increased pay, strike. Van Loan refuses to yield and decides to use scab labor. Scenes of violence follow and, compelled to go to Powhatan, Van Loan takes Fay with him. Fay meets and plays with Bessie and for fun they change dresses. Separated, the unusual likeness deceives the Van Loan governess, who supposes Bessie to be Fay and whisks her away. Mrs. Flannigan finds and takes Fay, sick from exposure, to the Hunt home. Business hurriedly recalls Van Loan and mistaken for a changed Fay, Bessie revolutionizes the Van Loan household by her sweetness. Hunt, the real leader of the striking men, is summoned to meet Van Loan. During the unsuccessful arbitration meeting, Bessie comes in to bid her "grandfather" good night and, seeing her father, rushes to his arms. Hunt, busy with the strike, supposes her to be ill at home. They are all dumbfounded. Bessie tells them how she and Fay changed clothes. Looking up the family trees, the likeness of the "twin" kiddies is explained, and, completely won over, Van Loan yields to the men and Hunt is made mine superintendent. Years of dread follow, and just as a report of the other's death reaches him, his foe appears, immensely wealthy and wreaks the vengeance in a spectacular manner. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Marie Osborne Bessie Hunt / Fay Van Loan (as Baby Marie Osborne) Bessie Hunt / Fay Van Loan (as Baby Marie Osborne) See fewer	Milady o' the Beanstalk (1918)
Henry King Jasper Hunt Jasper Hunt See fewer	The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Ruth Lackaye Mrs. Flannigan Mrs. Flannigan See fewer	Muggsy (1919)
Daniel Gilfether William Van Loan William Van Loan See fewer	The Love Liar (1915)
R. Henry Grey Baxter Van Loan Baxter Van Loan See fewer	Speed (1922)
Loretta Beecker Beatrice Van Loan Beatrice Van Loan See fewer	Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
Edward Jobson Spencer Spencer See fewer	The Saphead (1920)
Mignon Le Brun The Governess The Governess See fewer	Betty Be Good (1917)