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Casey at the Bat
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham

Cast: De Wolf Hopper [Casey], Kate Toncray [his sister], May Garcia [her daughter], Carl Stockdale [Hicks], William H. Brown [Judge Blodgett], Marguerite Marsh [his daughter], Frank Bennett [her sweetheart], Robert Lawler [the politician], Bert Hadley [Casey’s brother-in-law], Hal Wilson [the doctor], Frank Hughes [Casey’s fan]

The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by William E. Wing, from the poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. / Released 2 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0617.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents - Athletes: Baseball players - Sports: Baseball: Bats

Listing updated: 21 September 2012.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0617; Edelman-Baseball pp. 51, 203; Lahue-Triangle p. 209.