Casey at the Bat (1927 film) explained

Casey at the Bat
Director:	Monte Brice
Producer:	Hector Turnbull
Starring:	Wallace Beery Ford Sterling Zasu Pitts Sterling Holloway
Cinematography:	Barney McGill
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

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]}

Cast

• Wallace Beery as Casey
• Ford Sterling as O'Dowd
• ZaSu Pitts as Camille
• Sterling Holloway as Elmer Putnam
• Spec O'Donnell as Spec
• Iris Stuart as Trixie
• Sydney Jarvis as McGraw
• Lotus Thompson as Rosalind Byrne
• Sally Blane as Florodora Girl

See also

• Breaking into the Big League (1913)
• Babe Comes Home (1927)
• List of baseball films

External links

• • • Poster of Beery in the film

Notes and References

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