Babbitt (1924 film)

1924 silent film
  • June 15, 1924 (1924-06-15)
Running time
80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (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

  1. ^ Connelly p. 24
  2. ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: Babbitt at silentera.com
  3. ^ 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 Edit this at Wikidata
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
  • Stills at silenthollywood.com
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