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| Warming Up | |
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| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Written by | Ray Harris (screenplay) Sam Mintz (story) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Richard Dix Jean Arthur |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Music by | Gerard Carbonara |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent (English intertitles) Sound version with music and sound effects only |
Warming Up is a 1928 American baseball film starring Richard Dix and Jean Arthur, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, and released by Paramount Pictures in the Movietone sound system as Paramount's first sound film.
The film was released in a silent version and a sound version. The sound version had synchronized music and sound effects without dialogue.[1]
The film featured several major league baseball players as themselves.
Cast
- Richard Dix as Bert Tulliver
- Jean Arthur as Mary Post
- Claude King as Mr. Post
- Philo McCullough as McRae
- Billy Kent Schaefer as Edsel
- Roscoe Karns as Hippo
- James Dugan as Brill
- Mike Donlin as Veteran Baseball Player / Himself
- Mike Ready as Himself
- Chet Thomas as himself
- Joe Pirrone as himself
- Wally Hood as himself
- Bob Murray as himself
- Truck Hannah as himself
- Wade Boteler as Bit Part (uncredited)
Plot
Bert Tulliver (Dix), a pitcher for a baseball team in a small town, is given the opportunity to try out for a team in the big leagues. Unfortunately, he incurs the enmity of McRae (McCullough), the league's leading home-run hitter. In addition, Bert falls for the team owner's daughter Mary (Arthur), who McRae has designs on.
Preservation status
This film is now considered a lost film, with no prints known to survive.
See also
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Warming Up at silentera.com
External links
- Warming Up at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Still at silenthollywood.com
