| Description |
2 videodiscs (253 min) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Featuring Babe Ruth, Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, Harold Lockwood, John Gilbert, John Bunny, John J. McGraw, DeWolf Hopper, Billy Bevan, Ethelyn Gibson, Billy Butts. |
| Credits |
Music composed and performed by David Drazin, David Knudtson, and Ben Model. |
| Note |
Film elements provided by Dennis Atkinson, Film Preservation Associates, the Larson-Casselton Collection, the Library of Congress, and Lobster Films. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A collection of two feature films and eleven short films from the silent movie era on baseball. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Headin' home / featuring Babe Ruth (1920, 73 min.) -- Babe Ruth Kinogram (Undated, 1 min.) -- His last game (1909, 12 min.) -- The ball player and the bandit / featuring Harold Lockwood ; directed by Francis Ford (1912, 12 min.) -- Early reel baseball / by Rob Edelman -- |
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disc 2. The busher / featuring Charles Ray, 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.) |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Drama.
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Felix the Cat (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Short films.
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Sports films.
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Sports -- Feature.
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Sports -- Short.
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| Added Author |
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948.
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Ray, Charles, 1891-1943.
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Moore, Colleen, 1900-1988.
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Lockwood, Harold, 1887-1918.
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Gilbert, John, 1897-1936.
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Bunny, John, 1863-1915.
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McGraw, John Joseph, 1873-1934.
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Hopper, De Wolf, 1858-1935.
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Bevan, Billy, 1887-1957.
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Gibson, Ethelyn.
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Butts, Billy, 1919-
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Ford, Francis, 1882-1953.
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Storm, Jerome, 1890-1958.
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Sullivan, Pat, 1885-1933.
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Lord, Del, 1894-1970.
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Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard), 1880-1957.
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Gillstrom, Arvid E., 1889-1935.
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Rosner, Jessica.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Cover Title |
Reel baseball 1899-1926 |
| Standard No. |
738329052928 |
| Music No. |
K529 Kino International |
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