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Casey at the Bat; or, The Fate of a “Rotten” Umpire
(1899) American
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] James H. White?

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / From the poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / This is thought to be the earliest fiction motion picture with a baseball theme.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Athletes: Baseball players - Fights - Sports: Baseball: Umpires

Listing updated: 10 May 2007.

References: Film viewing : Edelman-Baseball p. 51 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

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