Babbitt_(1924_film) References

Babbitt
Babbitt
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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.
Release date	June 15, 1924;
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.

External links

Babbitt at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Stills at silenthollywood.com

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[1] Connelly p. 24

[SilentEra-2] Progressive Silent Film List: Babbitt at silentera.com

[3] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Babbitt

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