Baseball Films From The Silent Era

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Has anyone seem any of these videos? They look awesome.

Coming soon from Kino Video:

REEL BASEBALL 1899-1926
Baseball films from the silent era
2 Features and 11 Shorts on 2 DVDs
Featuring Babe Ruth in the 1920 drama HEADIN' HOME

This DVD collection features a cornucopia of early--and, in many cases,
extremely rare--baseball films, offering privileged peeks into early
twentieth-century American lifestyles and values. It includes newly
remastered and scored versions of two important early baseball features:
THE BUSHER (1919), a delightful comedy-drama featuring silent cinema
legends Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, and John Gilbert; and HEADIN' HOME
(1920), spotlighting a young, shockingly svelte Babe Ruth in his first
motion picture starring role. Other items include CASEY AT THE BAT or THE
FATE OF A "ROTTEN" UMPIRE (1899), one of the first representations of
baseball on celluloid; a 1922 experimental sound film featuring aging
matinee idol DeWolf Hopper reciting "Casey at the Bat," HEARTS AND
DIAMONDS (1914), a comedy with roly-poly screen star John Bunny; ONE TOUCH
OF NATURE (1917), which features New York Giants Hall of Fame manager John
McGraw; and FELIX SAVES THE DAY (1922), an animated short starring Felix
the Cat. HIS LAST GAME (1909) and THE BALL PLAYER AND THE BANDIT (1912)
blend baseball with the American West.

So kick off your spikes, slip on your favorite baseball cap, and prepare
to be transported to an earlier, more innocent age.

DVD 1

* HEADIN' HOME
featuring Babe Ruth
1920 73 Min.
* KINOGRAM
featuring Babe Ruth
undated 1 Min.
* HIS LAST GAME
1909 12 Min.
* THE BALL PLAYER AND THE BANDIT featuring Harold Lockwood
1912 12 Min.

DVD 2

* THE BUSHER
featuring Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert
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. (fragment)
* HEARTS AND DIAMONDS featuring John Bunny
1914 33 Min.
* ONE TOUCH OF NATURE featuring John McGraw
1917 18 Min. (excerpt)
* FELIX SAVES THE DAY featuring Felix the Cat
1922 7 Min.
* CASEY AT THE BAT featuring DeWolf Hopper
1922 6 Min.
* BUTTER FINGERS featuring Billy Bevan
1925 16 Min.
* HAPPY DAYS
1926 14 Min.


It's available for preorder right now at 30% off (around twenty bucks):

http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=852

maura, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

I saw Headin' Home at Film Forum a few years ago. It's cute, but no lost classic.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 17:16 (eighteen years ago)


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