''Somewhere in Georgia'' is a

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, starring baseball great

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. It was based on a short story by sports columnist

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Plot

Ty Cobb is a small-town Georgian bank clerk with a talent for baseball. He is signed to play with the Detroit Tigers and is forced to leave his sweetheart behind, whereupon a crooked bank cashier sets his sights on the girl. Upon learning that Cobb has briefly returned home to play an exhibition game with his old team, the cashier arranges for Cobb to be kidnapped. Breaking loose from his bonds, Cobb beats up all of his captors and shows up at the ball field just in time to win the game for the home team.

Cast

as Himself * Elsie MacLeod as The Banker's Daughter * William Corbett as Himself * Harry Fisher * Edward Boulden as Himself * Ned Burton

Cobb's salary

Cobb starred in the motion picture ''Somewhere in Georgia'' for a sum of $25,000 plus expenses (equivalent to approximately $ today).Stump (1994), pp. 254–255

Reception

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critic Ward Morehouse called the movie "absolutely the worst flicker I ever saw, pure hokum."

Survival status

No prints of this film are known to survive.

References

External links

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