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<i>Casey at the Bat</i> (1927 film)

Casey at the Bat (1927 film)

1927 film by Monte Brice

For the Disney animated short, see Make Mine Music.

Casey at the Bat is a 1927 American silent film, directed by Monte Brice, written by Ernest Thayer and based on the 1888 baseball poem of the same name. The picture stars Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, ZaSu Pitts and Sterling Holloway in his film debut.[1][2][3] Surviving period advertisements indicate Eddie Sutherland may have been slated as director before Brice. A copy was preserved at the Library of Congress.[4][5]

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Full film, public domain.

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References

  1. [1]
    Lyons, Timothy J. (1970). Munden, Kenneth W. (ed.). The American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1921-30. New York: R. R. Bowker Company.
  2. [2]
    Bennett, Carl. "Casey at the Bat (1927)". Silent Era: The silent film website.
  3. [3]
    "Movie Detail: Casey at the Bat". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute.
  4. [4]
    American Film Institute, Catalog of Holdings: The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artist's Collection at the Library of Congress page. 27. Washington, DC: American Film Institute. 1978.
  5. [5]
    "Casey At The Bat / Monte Brice [motion picture]". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Library of Congress. 1927.
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