Somewhere in Georgia

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Somewhere in Georgia
Somewhere in Georgia.jpg
Directed byGeorge Ridgwel
Written byGrantland Rice
Lillian Case Russell (scenario)
StarringTy Cobb
CinematographyWalter Arthur
Release date
  • June 1917 (1917-06)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Somewhere in Georgia is a 1917 silent film, starring baseball great Ty Cobb. It was based on a short story by sports columnist Grantland Rice.

Plot[]

Cobb stars as a small-town Georgian bank clerk with a talent for baseball. When he's signed to play with the Detroit Tigers, Cobb 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 Our Hero 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 (in credits order)[]

  • Ty Cobb ... Himself - Ty Cobb
  • Elsie MacLeod ... The Banker's Daughter
  • William Corbett (as Will Corbett)
  • Harry Fisher
  • Edward Boulden (as Eddie Boulden)
  • Ned Burton

Survival status[]

No prints of this film are known to survive.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Somewhere in Georgia". Silent Film Survival Database. Library of Congress. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

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