| Babe Comes Home | |
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| Directed by | Ted Wilde |
| Written by | Louis Stevens (scenario) |
| Based on | "Said With Soap" by Gerald Beaumont |
| Produced by | Wid Gunning |
| Starring | Babe Ruth Anna Q. Nilsson |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes (6 reels, 5,761 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Babe Comes Home is a 1927 American silent sports comedy film produced and distributed through First National and directed by Ted Wilde. The film is a baseball-styled sports film centering on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson and was based on the short story "Said With Soap" by Gerald Beaumont.[1]
The film was released in the short-lived Vocafilm sound-on-film process, presumably a music and effects soundtrack but with no dialogue. Babe Comes Home is considered to be a lost film.[1]
Babe Dugan, star player of the Angel baseball team, chews tobacco and gets his uniform dirtier than any other player. Vernie, the laundress who cleans his uniform every week, becomes concerned over his untidiness; Babe calls to apologize for unintentionally striking her with a ball during a game. Babe's pal, Peewee, falls in love with Vernie's friend, Georgia. On an outing to an amusement park, a roller coaster throws Vernie into Babe's arms; soon they are engaged, and Vernie plans to reform him. Scores of tobacco cubes and spittoons are pre-wedding gifts, and they precipitate a lovers' quarrel. But Babe takes the reform idea seriously, though his game slumps and he is put on the bench. At a crucial moment, Vernie relents and throws him a plug of tobacco; and consequently he delivers a four-base blow.[citation needed]
