''Babe Comes Home'' is a 1927 American silent

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produced and distributed through First National and directed by Ted Wilde. The film is a baseball-styled

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centering on

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and

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and was based on the short story "Said With Soap" by Gerald Beaumont. The film was released in the short-lived Vocafilm

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process, presumably a music and effects soundtrack but with no dialogue. ''Babe Comes Home'' is considered to be a

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Synopsis

Babe Dugan, star player of the Angel baseball team, chews

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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.

Cast

as 'Babe' Dugan *

as Vernie * Ethel Shannon as Georgia * Louise Fazenda as laundry girl * Arthur Stone as the laundry driver * Lou Archer as Peewee * Tom McGuire as Angels team manager * Mickey Bennett as mascot * James Bradbury Jr. as ball player (as James Bradbury)Altomara, Rita Ecke (1983).
Hollywood on the Palisades : a filmography of silent features made in Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1903-1927
'. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 159. . *

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as a baseball player * James Gordon as a baseball player *

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as Baseball Fan (uncredited) * Helen Parrish as Babe Dugan's daughter

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