Somewhere in Georgia

Somewhere in Georgia
Somewhere in Georgia
Directed by	George Ridgwel
Written by	Grantland Rice; Lillian Case Russell (scenario)
Starring	Ty Cobb
Cinematography	Walter Arthur
Release date	June 1917;
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent 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

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

Ty Cobb 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 $595,000 today).^[1]

Reception

Broadway critic Ward Morehouse called the movie "absolutely the worst flicker I ever saw, pure hokum."^[1]^{[unreliable source?]}

Survival status

No prints of this film are known to survive.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Stump (1994), pp. 254–255
^ "Somewhere in Georgia". Silent Film Survival Database. Library of Congress. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

External links

Somewhere in Georgia at IMDb

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[StumpPage254_2553-1] Stump (1994), pp. 254–255

[2] "Somewhere in Georgia". Silent Film Survival Database. Library of Congress. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

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