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Home Run Ambrose
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by William S. Frederick (Walter S. Fredericks)
Cast: Mack Swain [Ambrose], Rae Godfrey (Ray Godfrey) [Nell]
L-KO Motion Picture Kompany production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Production supervision by John G. Blystone. / © 8 January 1918 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. Released [?] 16 or 26? January 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 26 January 1918, page ?] Home Run Ambrose, besides weighing 300 pounds, was over the draft age, but mother still fashioned the child-prodigy to suit her whims. Now, this child was in love with Nell, the village bell, who made up her mind to marry a college man, so mamma mortgaged her bakery shop to send Ambrose to Cornyell College. When Ambrose was conducted to his room by the boys he felt like a million dollars, but during the night, when he was awakened by the shrill cry of a woman in distress he felt more like two cents. It was the president’s wife — she saw Ambrose reposing on her bed, and proceeded to “ventilate” her emotions. At a reception given by the Eta Bita Pie Society, Ambrose “borrowed” Cherry Blossom’s dress-suit. “That’s my suit — take it off,” growled Cherry Blossom, one of We boys, to Ambrose, just as Ambrose was about to kiss Nell. This enraged Ambrose beyond repair, and he swore vengeance against the sassy gink, so that the next day at the baseball tournament Ambrose hit the bean-ball right square into a paste-board sign, enabling him to walk home several times, and winning for himself the enmity of Cherry Blossom, the love of his sweetheart and the $500 reward which he used to yank the mortgage off the old homestead. The wedding bells will ring yet.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Sports: Baseball
Listing updated: 19 November 2022.
References: Edelman-Baseball p. 19 : Website-IMDb.
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