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Babs

1920 · 50 min

A brisk, light-hearted silent comedy with small-town political scheming and a romantic spark, easy to watch and mildly amusing.

Directed by: Edward H. Griffith
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Corinne Griffith, George Fawcett, Webster Campbell

Tagline: A story of a girl who takes a hand in politics when the men folks fail to manage to her liking.
Overview: Babs Marvin loves David Darrow, a young lawyer. Babs' father, the powerful Senator Marvin, is supporting Eben Sprague for a seat in the State Legislature. Darrow discovers that Sprague is a crook and threatens to expose the candidate unless the senator agrees to switch his support to him. Babs opposes Darrow's decision, fearing that it will ruin his promising law career. Determined to defeat Darrow, she promotes the candidacy of the village pauper, Hank Dawes, and contrives an elaborate campaign based upon the slogan that Dawes' election would remove him from the welfare rolls. Dawes wins the election, but Darrow is consoled with Babs's love and the senator's support of his law career.

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Directed by: Edward H. Griffith
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Corinne Griffith, George Fawcett, Webster Campbell

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
love
ambition
class
deception
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	4
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Edward H. Griffith
Written by: Lucien Hubbard, Forrest Crissey
Starring: Corinne Griffith, George Fawcett, Webster Campbell, William Holden, Roy Applegate, Charles S. Abbe, Blanche Davenport, Harvey A. Fisher
Runtime: 50 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, No Language

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