Cobb stars as a small-town Georgian bank clerk with a talent for baseball. When he's signed to play with the Detroit Tigers, Cobb is forced to leave his sweetheart (Elsie MacLeod) behind, whereupon a crooked bank cashier sets his sights on the girl. Upon learning that Cobb has briefly returned home to play an exhibition game with his old team, the cashier arranges for Cobb to be kidnapped. Breaking loose from his bonds, Cobb beats up all of his captors and shows up at the ball field just in time to win the game for the home team.
Cobb's salary
Cobb starred in the motion picture Somewhere in Georgia for a sum of $25,000 plus expenses (equivalent to approximately $571,000 today).[1]
somewhere, georgia, 1917, silent, film, starring, baseball, great, cobb, based, short, story, sports, columnist, grantland, rice, directed, bygeorge, ridgwelwritten, bygrantland, ricelillian, case, russell, scenario, starringty, cobbcinematographywalter, arthu. Somewhere in Georgia is a 1917 silent film starring baseball great Ty Cobb It was based on a short story by sports columnist Grantland Rice Somewhere in GeorgiaDirected byGeorge RidgwelWritten byGrantland RiceLillian Case Russell scenario StarringTy CobbCinematographyWalter ArthurRelease dateJune 1917 1917 06 Running time30 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent filmEnglish intertitles Contents 1 Plot 2 Cobb s salary 3 Reception 4 Cast in credits order 5 Survival status 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPlot EditCobb stars as a small town Georgian bank clerk with a talent for baseball When he s signed to play with the Detroit Tigers Cobb is forced to leave his sweetheart Elsie MacLeod behind whereupon a crooked bank cashier sets his sights on the girl Upon learning that Cobb has briefly returned home to play an exhibition game with his old team the cashier arranges for Cobb to be kidnapped Breaking loose from his bonds Cobb beats up all of his captors and shows up at the ball field just in time to win the game for the home team Cobb s salary EditCobb starred in the motion picture Somewhere in Georgia for a sum of 25 000 plus expenses equivalent to approximately 571 000 today 1 Reception EditBroadway critic Ward Morehouse called the movie absolutely the worst flicker I ever saw pure hokum 2 unreliable source Cast in credits order EditTy Cobb Himself Ty Cobb Elsie MacLeod The Banker s Daughter William Corbett as Will Corbett Harry Fisher Edward Boulden as Eddie Boulden Ned BurtonSurvival status EditNo prints of this film are known to survive 3 See also EditList of baseball filmsReferences Edit Stump 1994 pp 254 255 Stump 1994 pp 254 255 Somewhere in Georgia Silent Film Survival Database Library of Congress Retrieved October 25 2017 External links EditSomewhere in Georgia at IMDb This 1910s short drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Somewhere in Georgia amp oldid 1148904778, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
