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Richard Dix.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Warming Up
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Fred Newmeyer (Fred C. Newmeyer)
Cast: Richard Dix [Bert ‘Bee Line’ Tulliver], Jean Arthur [Mary Post], Claude King [Mr. Post], Philo McCullough [McRae], Wade Boteler [Doyle], Billy Kent Schaefer [Edsel], Roscoe Karns [Hippo], James Dugan [Brill], Mike Donlin [the veteran player], Mike Ready [himself], Chet Thomas [himself], Joe Pirrone [himself], Wally Hood [himself], Bob Murray [himself], Truck Hannah [himself]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Fred Newmeyer Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Produced by Fred Newmeyer (Fred C. Newmeyer). Scenario by Ray Harris, from the adaptation by Ray Harris of a screen story by Sam Mintz. Cinematography by Edward Cronjager. Film editor, Otto Lovering (Otho Lovering). Intertitles written by George Marion Jr. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 4 August 1928. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Paramount’s first sound film. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Comedy: Romance.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Sports: Baseball: Pitchers, Spring training - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Edelman-Baseball pp. 29, 48, 128, 129, 205, 218; Geduld-Birth p. ?; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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