Babe Comes Home
Poster for film
Directed byTed Wilde
Written byLouis Stevens (scenario)
Based on"Said With Soap"
by Gerald Beaumont
Produced byWid Gunning
StarringBabe Ruth
Anna Q. Nilsson
CinematographyKarl Struss
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • May 22, 1927 (1927-05-22)
Running time
60 minutes
(6 reels, 5,761 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Babe Comes Home is a 1927 American silent sports comedy film produced and distributed through First National and directed by Ted Wilde. The film is a baseball-styled sports film centering on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson and was based on the short story "Said With Soap" by Gerald Beaumont.[1]

The film was released in the short-lived Vocafilm sound-on-film process, presumably a music and effects soundtrack but with no dialogue. Babe Comes Home is considered to be a lost film.[1]

Synopsis

Babe Dugan, star player of the Angel baseball team, chews tobacco and gets his uniform dirtier than any other player. Vernie, the laundress who cleans his uniform every week, becomes concerned over his untidiness; Babe calls to apologize for unintentionally striking her with a ball during a game. Babe's pal, Peewee, falls in love with Vernie's friend, Georgia. On an outing to an amusement park, a roller coaster throws Vernie into Babe's arms; soon they are engaged, and Vernie plans to reform him. Scores of tobacco cubes and spittoons are pre-wedding gifts, and they precipitate a lovers' quarrel. But Babe takes the reform idea seriously, though his game slumps and he is put on the bench. At a crucial moment, Vernie relents and throws him a plug of tobacco; and consequently he delivers a four-base blow.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: Babe Comes Home". www.silentera.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "James Bradbury In It". The Los Angeles Times. November 9, 1927. p. 24.
  3. ↑ Altomara, Rita Ecke (1983). Hollywood on the Palisades : a filmography of silent features made in Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1903-1927. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 159. ISBN 0-8240-9225-2.
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