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De Wolf Hopper.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Casey at the Bat
(1922) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 6 minutes
Directed by [?] Lee de Forest?
Cast: De Wolf Hopper [himself].
De Forest Phonofilm, Incorporated, production; distributed by De Forest Phonofilm, Incorporated. / Produced by Lee de Forest. From the poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. / Premiered 15 April 1922 at the Rivoli Theatre in New York, New York. / Phonofilm 35mm spherical format. Phonofilm sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.
Performance: Recitation.
Synopsis: A recitation by Hopper of the famous poem, in front of a stage curtain.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Maurice H. Zouary collection) [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Early sound film - Sports: Baseball - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 20 December 2023.
References: Film viewing : Edelman-Baseball pp. 51-52; Geduld-Birth p. 97; Kerr-Silent p. 6; Lee-Not p. 25; Zouary-DeForest p. 227 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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