The Bush Leaguer

The Bush Leaguer
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Directed by	Howard Bretherton
Written by	Harvey Gates (scenario)
Story by	Charles Gordon Saxton
Starring	Monte Blue Leila Hyams
Cinematography	Norbert Brodine
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 20, 1927 (1927-08-20) (limited release)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

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The Bush Leaguer is a lost^[1][2] 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue and Leila Hyams. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film was produced and distributed by the Warner Bros..^[3]

Cast

• Monte Blue as Buchanan "Specs" White
• Clyde Cook as Skeeter McKinnon
• Leila Hyams as Alice Hobbs
• William Demarest as John Gilroy
• Richard Tucker as Wallace Ramsey
• Burt Marshall as Stetson
• Tom Dempsey as The "Parson"
• Wilfred North as Stokes
• William Wilson as William "Lefty" Murphy
• Violet Palmer as Marie, Alice's maid
• Rodney Hildebrand as Detective

See also

• List of baseball films
• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

References

1. The Bush Leaguer at Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers lost films - 1927
2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Bush Leaguer
3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Bush Leaguer

External links

• The Bush Leaguer at IMDb
• Lobby or window card