Warming Up (1928 film)
Warming Up is a 1928 American baseball film starring Richard Dix and Jean Arthur, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, and released by Paramount Pictures in the Movietone sound system as Paramount's first sound film.
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| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Written by | Ray Harris (screenplay) Sam Mintz (story) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Richard Dix Jean Arthur |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Music by | Gerard Carbonara |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent (English intertitles) Sound version with music and sound effects only |
The film was released in a silent version and a sound version. The sound version had synchronized music and sound effects without dialogue.[1]
The film featured several major league baseball players as themselves.
Cast
- Richard Dix as Bert Tulliver
- Jean Arthur as Mary Post
- Claude King as Mr. Post
- Philo McCullough as McRae
- Billy Kent Schaefer as Edsel
- Roscoe Karns as Hippo
- James Dugan as Brill
- Mike Donlin as Veteran Baseball Player / Himself
- Mike Ready as Himself
- Chet Thomas as himself
- Joe Pirrone as himself
- Wally Hood as himself
- Bob Murray as himself
- Truck Hannah as himself
- Wade Boteler as Bit Part (uncredited)
Plot
Bert Tulliver (Dix), a pitcher for a baseball team in a small town, is given the opportunity to try out for a team in the big leagues. Unfortunately, he incurs the enmity of McRae (McCullough), the league's leading home-run hitter. In addition, Bert falls for the team owner's daughter Mary (Arthur), who McRae has designs on.
Preservation status
This film is now considered a lost film, with no prints known to survive.
See also
References
- Progressive Silent Film List: Warming Up at silentera.com