Babbitt (1924 film)
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| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Written by | Dorothy Farnum |
| Based on | Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis |
| Starring | Willard Louis Mary Alden Carmel Myers |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
Production company | Warner Bros. |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Babbitt is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Willard Louis, Mary Alden, and Carmel Myers.[1][2] It is based on the 1922 novel of the same title by Sinclair Lewis, later also adapted into a 1934 sound film.
Plot
Cast
- Willard Louis as George F. Babbitt
- Mary Alden as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
- Carmel Myers as Tanis Judique
- Raymond McKee as Theodore Roosevelt Babbitt
- Maxine Elliott Hicks as Verona Babbitt
- Virginia Loomis as Tina Babbitt
- Robert Randall as Paul Reisling
- Cissy Fitzgerald as Mrs. Zilla Reisling
- Gertrude Olmstead as Eunice Littlefield
- Lucien Littlefield as Edward Littlefield
- Dale Fuller as Tillie
- Kathleen Myers as Miss McGoun
- Frona Hale as Mrs. Littlefield
- Michael Dark as Chum Frink
- Charles McHugh as Virgil Gunch
- Malcolm Denny as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Preservation
With no prints of Babbitt located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[2]
References
- ^ Connelly p. 24
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: Babbitt at silentera.com
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Babbitt
Bibliography
- Robert B. Connelly. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
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