Play Ball
(1925) United States of America
Also known as A Mão Armada in Brazil; Playing the Game in the United Kingdom
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet (Spencer G. Bennet)
Cast: Walter Miller [Jack Rollins], Allene Ray [Doris Sutton], J. Barney Sherry [Thoms W. Sutton], Harry Semels [Count Segundo], Mary Milnor [Maybelle Pratt], Wally Oettel [Rutger Farnsworth], Franklyn Hanna [Senator Hornell], John J. McGraw (John McGraw), the New York Giants baseball team
Distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Spencer Gordon Bennet (Spencer G. Bennet). Scenario by Frank Leon Smith, from a screen story by John J. McGraw (John McGraw). Cinematography by Horace G. Plympton. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “To the Rescue,” released 19 July 1925; [2] “The Flaming Float,” released 26 July 1925; [3] “Betrayed,” released 2 August 1925; [4] “The Decoy Wire,” released 9 August 1925; [5] “Face to Face,” released 16 August 1925; [6] “The Showdown,” released 23 August 1925; [7] “A Mission of Hate,” released 30 August 1925; [8] “Double Peril,” released 6 September 1925; [9] “Into Segundo’s Hands,” released 13 September 1925; [10] “A Home Plate Wedding,” released 20 September 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Sports: Baseball.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Rescues - Serials - Sharks - Sports: Baseball
Listing updated: 29 April 2020.
References: Edelman-Baseball pp. 125-126, 204; Lahue-Bound p. 72; Lahue-Continued pp. 248, 287 : ClasIm-223 p. C2 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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