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Bab’s Candidate
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4894 feet
Directed by Edward Griffith (Edward H. Griffith)

Cast: Corinne Griffith [Barbara Marvin], George Fawcett [Senator Merrill Treadwill Marvin], Webster Campbell [David Darrow], Charles Abbe [Henry Dawes], William Holden [Ben Cogswell], Roy Applegate [Jabez Prouty], Blanche Davenport [Aunt Celia], Harvey A. Fisher [Shackelton Hobbs], Walter Holden [Eben Sprague], Wes Jenkins [Old Eph], Frances Miller Grant [Mamie]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America [A Corinne Griffith Production]. / Produced by Albert E. Smith. Scenario by Lucien Hubbard, from the short story “Gumshoes 4-B” by Forrest Crissey. Assistant director, John William Evans Jr. Cinematography by William McCoy. / © 9 June 1920 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP15235]. Released 5 July 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Gumshoes 4-B. Some location photography was taken in Savannah and Charleston, Georgia.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 December 2024.

References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.