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Baseball Madness
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Billy Mason
Cast: Billy Mason [Baseball Bill], Orin C. Jackson [Pen Points], Gloria Swanson [the heiress], Marc Fenton [the father], Countess Mary Du Cello (Countess Du Cello) [the mother], Victor Potel
Victor Film Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Billy Mason, from a screen story by Al Russell (Albert Russell). / © 21 April 1917 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP10614]. Released 8 May 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A film in the ‘Baseball Bill’ series. Swanson’s first and only film for Universal; produced while she was working at Keystone.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bill and Pen Points arrive in a new town being thrown from a boxcar. Bill leaves Pen to go to the ball game. A lunatic comes up and hands him money, which Bill decides to use for clothes. Pen Points finds a detective badge and decides to become a detective. Bill goes to the ball game, meets an heiress is accused of theft and taken to jail. It was a mistake, for the girl finds her purse. She withdraws her charge and asks Bill to see her home. Bill meets her father and mother. Pen Points decides to get revenge. Bill leaves the home of the girl, watched by Pen Points, who decides to tell the girl he is crazy. The girl faints at the news. Bill gets a contract from the manager of the ball team. Pen Points arrests Bill, takes him to the lunatic asylum and they put Bill in a padded cell.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Sports: Baseball
Listing updated: 14 January 2025.
References: Edelman-Baseball p. 19; Hudson-Swanson p. 112; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 47; Quirk-Swanson pp. 59-60 : Website-IMDb.
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