One Touch of Nature
(1917) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edward H. Griffith

Cast: John Drew Bennett [William ‘Battling Bill’ Vandervoort Cosgrove], Viola Cain [Leonora O’Brien / ‘Madame de Montignon’], Edward O’Connor [Shamus O’Brien], [?] George Henry or John Henry? [E.P. Cosgrove, William’s father], Helen Strickland [Mrs. Cosgrove, William’s mother], John J. McGraw (John McGraw) [himself], Edward Lawrence (Edmund Lawrence)

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by K-E-S-E Service. / From the short story “One Touch of Nature” by Peter B. Kyne. Cinematography by Charles Gilson. Presented by George Kleine. / Released 30 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Sports: Baseball - Vaudeville

Listing updated: 30 April 2008.

References: Edelman-Baseball pp. 32-33, 127, 203 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.