''Babs'' is a lost 1920 American silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Edward H. Griffith Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975) (also known as E H Griffith, Lieut. Edward H. Griffith, Edward Griffith, and E. H. Griffith) was an American film director, motion picture director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography ...

and starring Corinne Griffith. Griffith and the Vitagraph Company produced with Vitagraph distributing. The film was also called ''Bab's Candidate'' and had the working title ''Gumshoes 4-B''.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Bab's Candidate''
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Plot

Cast

* Corinne Griffith as Barbara Marvin * George Fawcett as Senator Merrill Treadwill Marvin * Webster Campbell as David Darrow *Charles S. Abbe as Henry Dawes (credited as Charles Abbe) *

William Holden William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film '' Stalag 17'' (1953) and the Pri ...

as Ben Cogswell * Roy Applegate as Jabez Prouty * Blanche Davenport as Aunt Celia *Harvey A. Fisher as Shackleton Hobbs *Walter Horton as Eben Sprague * Wes Jenkins as Old Eph * Frances Miller as Mamie (credited as Frances Miller Grant)

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1920 films 1920 comedy films 1920 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language comedy films Films directed by Edward H. Griffith Lost American comedy films Lost silent American films Silent American comedy films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub