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Babe Comes Home

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The bubbly romance between a baseball star and a laundress goes down the drain when the slugger's love of chewing tobacco makes a mess of their relationship.

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Wilella Waldorf New York Post 09/16/2020
Mr. Ruth, making his screen debut, appeared at ease and pleasantly unconscious of the camera. Go to Full Review NYT Staff New York Times 09/16/2020
The plot is all about baseball, with, of course, a timely home run in the end, but it's all tied together with a gay romance and promises to show audience-holding strength. Go to Full Review Abel Green Variety 09/16/2020
As a film star, Babe (George Herman) Ruth, delivers almost as handily as on the diamond, which is saying much both ways for the King of Swat. Go to Full Review Carl Sandburg Chicago Daily News 12/14/2021
Like "Red" Grange, this other athletic marvel is surprisingly good as an actor. Perhaps the control of muscle and nerve they have learned in sport makes them unusually responsive in obeying film direction. Go to Full Review Martin Dickstein Brooklyn Daily Eagle 09/16/2020
Anyway, Babe Ruth is a very, very fine ball player. Go to Full Review Mercury Staff The Mercury (Australia) 09/16/2020
Screamingly funny. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ted Wilde

Director

Babe Ruth

Babe Dugan

Anna Q. Nilsson

Vernie

Louise Fazenda

Laundry Girl

Ethel Shannon

Georgia

Arthur Stone

Laundry Driver

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Movie Info

Synopsis The bubbly romance between a baseball star and a laundress goes down the drain when the slugger's love of chewing tobacco makes a mess of their relationship.
Director
Ted Wilde
Producer
Wid Gunning
Screenwriter
Louis Stevens
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 22, 1927, Original
Runtime
1h 0m