Film elements provided by Dennis Atkinson, Film Preservation Associates, the Larson-Casselton Collection, the Library of Congress, and Lobster Films. Featuring Babe Ruth, Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, Harold Lockwood, John Gilbert, John Bunny, John J. McGraw, DeWolf Hopper, Billy Bevan, Ethelyn Gibson, Billy Butts.
Contents:
by Early reel baseball / featuring Rob Edelman -- (1920, 73 min.) -- Babe Ruth Kinogram (Undated, 1 min.) -- His last game (1909, 12 min.) -- Ball player and the bandit / featuring Harold Lockwood ; directed by Francis Ford (1912, 12 min.) -- Early reel baseball / by Rob Edelman -- (1926, 14 min.) Happy days featuring Billy Butts ; Colleen Moore, and John Gilbert ; directed by Jerome Stern (sic) (1919, 55 min.) -- Casey at the bat or, The fate of a "rotten" umpire (1899, 1 min.) -- How the office boy saw the ball game (1906, 5 min.) -- Hearts and diamonds / featuring John Bunny (1914, 33 min.) -- One touch of nature / by Peter B. Kyne ; featuring John J. McGraw (1917, 18 min.) -- Felix saves the day / animated cartoon by Pat Sullivan (1922, 7 min.) -- Casey at the bat / featuring DeWolf Hopper (1922, 6 min.) -- Butter fingers / featuring Billy Bevan with Andy Clyde and Ruth Taylor ; directed by Del Lord (1925, 16 min.) -- Happy days with Ethelyn Gibson and Billy Butts ; directed by Arvid Gillstrom (1926, 14 min.)
Summary:
A collection of two feature films and eleven short films from the silent movie era on baseball.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.