About

USA, 1926
Director: Lewis Milestone
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky, Adolph Zukor
Cast: Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Paul Kelly
Story: Ring Lardner
Screenwriter: Thomas J. Geraghty, J. Clarkson Miller, Ben Hecht
Cinematography: Alvin Wykoff
Editor: Thomas J. Geraghty
Musical Score: The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Compiled by: Rodney Sauer
Genre: Comedy, Sports
Black & White, Tinted
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Language: Silent with English intertitles
Running Time: 80 minutes
© MCMXXVI Famous Players Lasky Corporation
New Edition © 2025 The Film Preserve, Ltd. and The Maltese Film Works

Synopsis:
Thomas Kelly (Thomas Meighan), a small-time baseball pitcher, goes to Florida with his baseball team for Spring training, but is soon fired by team manager Joe Cooley (Jack W. Johnston). Kelly gets involved with the local real estate market and Cooley does everything he can to ruin the man again.

Restoration:
Although thought to be either lost or incomplete, we found that Paramount had gifted the LoC an unconfirmed 35mm print from the original negative in original tinting rolls, which presumably led to the confusion. Once the element was properly re-cut and conformed, it was digitally restored and tints added.

Presented by: Film Preserve Ltd., The Maltese Film Works, and San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Funding provided by: Olivia and John Farr; The Lucille and Paul Maslin Foundation; David & Donna Morrell; George Stevens, Jr.
Restored by: Robert A. Harris and James T. Mockoski
Editorial & Conform: Robby Schafer
Restoration in collaboration with: Paramount Pictures and Library of Congress
A Rialto Pictures Release

Back To Top