Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the 18 Carrot Mystery - Production & Contact Info

Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the 18 Carrot Mystery (1915)
Short | Comedy, Short

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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the 18 Carrot Mystery (1915)

Short | Comedy, Short

Mrs. Gotta Millun has a daughter, Lillian, who is "coming out." Extensive plans are being made for a big reception in Lillian's honor. The mysterious Lady Baffles gets wind of these preparations and also the fact that many valuable gifts ...See moreMrs. Gotta Millun has a daughter, Lillian, who is "coming out." Extensive plans are being made for a big reception in Lillian's honor. The mysterious Lady Baffles gets wind of these preparations and also the fact that many valuable gifts are expected to be presented to the daughter of the house. Mrs. Millun calls on the sleuth, Detective Duck, and engages him to be among the guests at the affair to keep his all-seeing eyes on the valuables. At the big affair, Duck appears among the guests in various disguises. From a point of vantage he keeps an eye on the jewel-case in which the collection of glittering presents are taken up. By a trick, known only to herself, the mysterious Lady Baffles gains entrance to the mansion. Her keen perception soon tells her that Detective Duck is present. She appears before him disguised as a radiant beauty. He loses his head, proudly showing her the collection of valuables under his charge. But her attempt to make a get-away with them is nearly her undoing. Duck recognizes Lady Baffles. Well knowing what he is up against, he sounds the alarm. Although the jewel casket is recovered, the wild chase through the mansion comes to naught. Lady Baffles baffles them all. Detective Duck points out that the jewels are still safe. The guests depart, and the good hostess retires, as Detective Duck thought. He is surprised at the hostess' appearance beside him again in the dead of night. His soul would have frozen if he had guessed that this apparently genial widow was the clever mysterious Lady Baffles in disguise. His conceit is tickled at the flirtatious manner of this supposed hostess. Lady Baffles proposes they crack a bottle together. She sends him down to the cellar for one, promising to guard the jewels until his return. As Detective Duck is going to the cellar his habitual suspicion grips him. It is well it did for he narrowly saves himself from a yawning trap. In dread alarm, he rushes back. He is just in time to glimpse Lady Baffles making her get-away with the casket of jewels. The alarmed occupants of the house rush in to the tune of Duck's six-shooter. But all too late. Too late? No, for when the chuckling and mysterious Lady Baffles opens the jewel casket in the security of her apartment, what did she find? A beautiful string of frankfurters, and also a note reading: "Wear this string of jewels, for my sake. (Signed) Detective Duck." And the real hostess, and her beautiful daughter? Duck fairly sweats under their whipping tongues. Then, to their astonishment, he produces the jewels supposedly lost. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Gale Henry Lady Baffles Lady Baffles See fewer	Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Kidnapping the King's Kids (1915)
Max Asher Detective Duck Detective Duck See fewer	Rip Van Winkle (1921)
Milburn Morante Actor Actor See fewer	Chasing Trouble (1926)
Billy Franey Chief of Police (as William Franey) Chief of Police (as William Franey) See fewer	When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917)