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Babe Ruth.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Headin’ Home
(1920) United States of America
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels
Directed by Lawrence Windom + [Raoul Walsh]
Cast: George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth [‘Babe’], Ruth Taylor [Mildred Tobin], William Sheer [Harry Knight], James A. Marcus [Cyrus Tobin], Frances Victory [‘Pigtails’], Margaret Sedden [‘Babe’s’ mother], George Halpin [Doc Hedges], Ralph Harolds [John Tobin], W.J. Gross (William J. Gross) [Eliar Lott], Charles Burt [Dave Talmadge], Ricca Allen [Almira Worters], Thomas Cameron [Deacon Flack], Sam Blum [Jimbo Jones], Ethel Kerwin [Kitty Wilson], Walter Lawrence [village barber], Anne Brodie [barber’s wife]
Kessel-Baumann Picture Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by Yankee Photo Corporation. / Produced by William A. Shea. Production supervision by R.A. Walsh (Raoul Walsh). From a screen story by Earle Brown. Photographed (cinematography) by Ollie Leach. Intertitles written by ‘Bugs’ Baer (Arthur Baer). Presented by Kessel and Baumann. / Premiered 19 September 1920 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / AFI-F1 n. F1.1780 misidentifies the actor Burt as Charles Hurt, misidentifies Gross’ character name as Ebenezer, and splits Halpin’s character as a dog catcher and a constable named Doc Hedges with another nonexistent actor named Charles Halman (an obvious misspelling of Halpin) when, in the film, Doc Hedges is the dog catcher. The film was rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis by Greiver Productions in 1921.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1780.
Survival status: Print exists [35mm nitrate positive]; and in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Athletes: Baseball players - Sports: Baseball
Listing updated: 24 August 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.1780; Cooper-Dark p. 157; Edelman-Baseball pp. 34-35, 203; Lahue-Triangle p. 163; Limbacher-Feature p. 105 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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