A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	De Wolf Hopper. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: De Wolf Hopper [himself].

De Forest Phonofilm, Incorporated, production; distributed by De Forest Phonofilm, Incorporated. / Produced by Lee de Forest. From the poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. / Premiered 15 April 1922 at the Rivoli Theatre in New York, New York. / Phonofilm 35mm spherical format. Phonofilm sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.

Performance: Recitation.

Synopsis: A recitation by Hopper of the famous poem, in front of a stage curtain.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Maurice H. Zouary collection) [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Early sound film - Sports: Baseball - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 20 December 2023.

References: Film viewing : Edelman-Baseball pp. 51-52; Geduld-Birth p. 97; Kerr-Silent p. 6; Lee-Not p. 25; Zouary-DeForest p. 227 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.