A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Cast: Charles Ray [Joel Parker], Sylvia Bremer (Sylvia Breamer) [Abbie Nettleton], Joseph J. Dowling [Obediah Parker, Joel’s father], Jerome Storm [Jimmie Slater], Darrel Foss [Alexis Thompson], Louis Durham [Coach Nolan]

New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by [?] Monte M. Katterjohn and/or C. Gardner Sullivan? Cinematography by Paul Eagler. / Released 29 April 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Schertzinger’s first film as director. The film was reedited and rereleased on 28 March 1920 by United Picture Productions Corporation through United Picture Exchanges. The film was rereleased in 1923 by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated. The film was remade as The Pinch Hitter (1925).

Comedy: Sports: Baseball.

Synopsis: The story of woman who believes in her man as he pinch hits in a baseball game.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Athletes: Baseball players - Colleges: Students - Sports: Baseball - USA: Vermont

Listing updated: 8 August 2023.

References: Film viewing : Edelman-Baseball pp. 10, 22-23, 203; Limbacher-Feature p. 189 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.