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Headin' Home

Play trailer Poster for Headin' Home Released Sep 19, 1920 56m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Country boy Babe (Babe Ruth) dreams of playing baseball in the major leagues. The young man has home-run talent, but owner John Tobin (Ralph Harolds) refuses to give him a spot on the local team due to his feud with pitcher Harry Knight (William Sheer). Undeterred, Babe joins up with their long-standing rivals. When his batting skills help defeat Tobin's team, Babe earns the enmity of everyone in town and flees to New York City to find his destiny on the diamond.

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Ruth Boyle New York Daily News Every small boy in the country will want to see Babe Ruth in pictures, and since seeing Headin' Home I don't think the great batter will lose any of his prestige through his appearance in films.... Babe Ruth is perfectly at home in his role. Sep 13, 2021 Full Review Ryan Cracknell Movie Views An odd film with little story, Headin' Home has a big place in sports history, offering an early look at Babe Ruth. Aug 24, 2010 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's a one of a kind film, whose novelty makes it a keeper. Rated: B- Oct 7, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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eric b The first movie of Babe Ruth's not-so-illustrious acting career is this wheezy silent about a small-town lad becoming a big-time slugger. Ruth portrays someone named "Babe," but the character's cornball backstory has little to do with Ruth's own history. This Babe is no troubled orphan, but a polite mama's boy with a homemade bat and a spunky younger sister named -- get this -- "Pigtails." Ruth flashes none of the wisecracking charisma you'll hope to see, and there isn't even any notable footage of him playing ball. Meanwhile, the title cards izz all written inna contrived, po-folks dialect that culdn't bee mo' condescendin' to th' movie's target audience. Fer heaven's sake, th' Babe deserved better than this. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member awesome bio-pic of sorts Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Country boy Babe (Babe Ruth) dreams of playing baseball in the major leagues. The young man has home-run talent, but owner John Tobin (Ralph Harolds) refuses to give him a spot on the local team due to his feud with pitcher Harry Knight (William Sheer). Undeterred, Babe joins up with their long-standing rivals. When his batting skills help defeat Tobin's team, Babe earns the enmity of everyone in town and flees to New York City to find his destiny on the diamond.
Director
Lawrence Windom
Production Co
Kessel & Baumann, Yankee Photo Corporation
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 19, 1920, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
56m