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Bachelors' Babies Synopsis

"Bachelors' Babies" is a Christmas tale and showcase for Big Boy (aka Malcolm Sebastian). Malcolm gets help from child actors Duke and Ginger (no last names provided) as well as Educational Pictures regular, Pal, the Wonder Dog. The comedy centers around a man (Jackie McHugh) trying both save face in a bachelor's club by hosting orphans at Christmas time. The man isn't actually a bachelor and his wife decides to check out the Christmas activities. The kids and dog run amok trashing the place. Four bachelors dress as Santa Clauses and decide to come down the chimney when the porter lights a fire. Mayhem transpires. Meanwhile, the kids and dog end up destroying the Christmas tree. Through it all, the kids win over the bachelors and the non-bachelor's wife toward a happy holiday ending.

Mary's Ankle Synopsis

While walking along the street one day, Arthur P. Hampton, an impoverished young doctor, and his chums, Stub Masters and Johnny Stokes, are persuaded to part with their last remaining funds by tag day solicitor Mary Jane Smith, with whom the doctor promptly falls in love. Doc's friends then hit upon a get-rich-quick scheme. Knowing that his Uncle George has promised a large sum of money upon his nephew's marriage, they persuade Doc to send out fake wedding invitations naming Mary Jane as the blushing bride. Uncle George, elated at the good news, writes to Mary Jane's aunt, Angelica Burns, an old sweetheart, to invite Mary Jane and Angelica to be his guests on an ocean voyage. Meanwhile, Mary Jane pays a visit to the doctor's office and, upon seeing the wedding invitations, becomes so flustered that she trips and sprains her ankle. Doc comes to her rescue and then begs her to pose as his wife. She agrees, but at ship-side, Stub and Johnnie confess all to Uncle George, who flies into a rage until Doc announces that he and Mary Jane have chosen a wedding at sea.