Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an advantageous opportunity and steal away her loved one? Did Marion Ocumpaugh have knowledge of Gwendolyn's disappearance? Did Justin Carew, finally recognizing his wife and desiring a reconciliation, see the light and kidnap his own child?—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Valerie Carew is fascinated with the plaudits of the theater, and refuses to leave the stage when importuned by her author husband, Justin Carew. Disgusted with the environment Valerie seeks, and smarting from her taunts as to his ill success in authorship, Justin leaves his wife. Valerie is overcome when she reads Justin's note. The manager, hastening to the front of the theater, requests the services of a physician. Dr. Pool ministers to Valerie and takes her home. When about to leave her apartment, he accidentally discovers the baby garments that Valerie is preparing. Justin Carew, engaged by Philo Ocumpaugh as his private secretary, accompanies Philo westward where he is called by mining interests. Mrs. Ocumpaugh seeks Dr. Pool, the physician. "To retain my husband's love I must secure a child," she tells the physician. Dr. Pool's memory reverts to Valerie Carew. He tells Marion Ocumpaugh that for ten thousand dollars he will obtain a child for her. The agreement is reached. In the west, Philo is saved from death by Justin. In the hospital he is overjoyed to receive a message reading: "It's a girl." In the Meantime, Dr. Pool has worked his hypnotic powers over Valerie Carew, has paid her financial consideration for her newly-born babe, has taken it to Mrs. Ocumpaugh, and neither the real mother nor the pseudo mother are aware of each other's identity. In the years that pass, the Ocumpaugh home is made happy for Philo with the presence of the little girl. The child seems to have an abiding love for Justin, and Gwendolyn and the secretary become almost inseparable. It is in reality the call of blood ties. And then a fortune comes to Valerie Carew, the former queen of burlesque, and now a star in the theatrical firmament. She concludes to retire from the stage, and asks Dr. Pool about her little girl. Dr. Pool with a vision of more ill-gotten gains resolves to mulct Valerie just as he did Marion Ocumpaugh. He calls at the Ocumpaugh mansion. He threatens to inform Marion's husband of the secret history of "the millionaire baby" unless she pays him money. Marion refuses. Dr. Pool then tells Valerie that he will return to her her little girl, for a financial consideration. Another agreement is reached. Valerie Carew buys a home with her newly acquired inheritance, adjacent to the Ocumpaugh residence, being, of course, unconscious that Gwendolyn, whom she meets and whom she learns to love, is her long-lost and long-mourned baby. Marion Ocumpaugh, fearing that Dr. Pool will kidnap Gwendolyn, engages a detective to watch the little girl. The Ocumpaugh's give a children's party. Dr. Pool is present. He resolves to steal the child that night, but is foiled by seeing the detective on guard. In the meantime, Valerie Carew, through a blunder of Dr. Pool, finds that Gwendolyn is her own. She, too, fearing Dr. Pool's machinations, resolves to take the little one. She creeps into the Ocumpaugh garden in her ballroom gown and her dress catches on a rose bush. Following the departure of the guests, it has been found that "the millionaire baby" has disappeared. All is excitement. The detective is uncertain whom to suspect. Dr. Pool is non-committal. Valerie Carew is frantic, and Marion Ocumpaugh shows great anxiety. Philo Ocumpaugh, in a hunting camp is wired details and offers $50,000 reward for the recovery of "the millionaire baby." The detective, finding a piece of torn dress trimming belonging to Valerie, suspects her. He sees Justin about to leave the Ocumpaugh home and suspects him. His trail leads to Dr. Pool's home. He accosts that scheming physician. He finds that Valerie, also suspecting Dr. Pool, has called upon the physician to beseech him to give up her little girl. As the detective and the physician confront each other, Valerie, in hysterical emotion, divulges the details of the original pact, and she brands Pool as a blackmailer. Seeing that the end of his plotting has been reached, Dr. Pool grapples with the detective. Dr. Pool springs from a balcony, falls and breaks his neck. And when Philo Ocumpaugh comes home his wife tells him her secret. She opens a hidden panel, and there in a secret room in the mansion is found Gwendolyn, "the millionaire baby," and her nurse. Justin and Valeria Carew are reunited and are happy in the recovery of their child. Philo, knowing that Marion's great love prompted her deception, forgives her and the principals vow to keep the secret of "the millionaire baby."—Moving Picture World synopsis