Casey at the Bat (1927 film)

Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat
	Advertisement showing Edward Sutherland as the original director
Directed by	Monte Brice
Written by	Monte Brice; Reggie Morris; Jules Furthman
Based on	"Casey at the Bat"; by Ernest Thayer
Produced by	Hector Turnbull
Starring	Wallace Beery; Ford Sterling; Zasu Pitts; Sterling Holloway
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 8, 1927;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Full film, public domain.

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[edit]

^ Lyons, Timothy J. (1970). Munden, Kenneth W. (ed.). The American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1921-30. New York: R. R. Bowker Company.
^ Bennett, Carl. "Casey at the Bat (1927)". Silent Era: The silent film website.
^ "Movie Detail: Casey at the Bat". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute.
^ 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.
^ "Casey At The Bat / Monte Brice [motion picture]". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Library of Congress. 1927.

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