Babs (1920 film)

1920 film by Edward H. Griffith

Babs

Still with Corinne Griffith and George Fawcett

Directed by| Edward H. Griffith
Written by| Forrest Crissey (story)
Lucien Hubbard (scenario)
Produced by| Vitagraph Company of America
Corinne Griffith
Starring| Corinne Griffith
Cinematography| William McCoy
Distributed by| Vitagraph Company of America

Release date

* July 5, 1920 (1920-07-05)

Running time

| 5 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Babs is a lost[1] 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Corinne Griffith. Griffith and the Vitagraph Company produced with Vitagraph distributing. The film was also called Bab's Candidate and had the working title Gumshoes 4-B.[2][3]

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Corinne Griffith as Barbara Marvin
* George Fawcett as Senator Merrill Treadwill Marvin
* Webster Campbell as David Darrow
* Charles S. Abbe as Henry Dawes (credited as Charles Abbe)
* William Holden as Ben Cogswell
* Roy Applegate as Jabez Prouty
* Blanche Davenport as Aunt Celia
* Harvey A. Fisher as Shackleton Hobbs
* Walter Horton as Eben Sprague
* Wes Jenkins as Old Eph
* Frances Miller as Mamie (credited as Frances Miller Grant)

## References

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1. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Bab's Candidate
2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Bab's Candidate at silentera.com
3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Bab's Candidate

## External links

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* Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Edward H. Griffith

* The Awakening of Ruth (1917)
* Barnaby Lee (1917)
* Billy and the Big Stick (1917)
* One Touch of Nature (1917)
* The Law of the North (1917)
* Your Obedient Servant (1917)
* The End of the Road (1919)
* Babs (1920)
* The Garter Girl (1920)
* The Vice of Fools (1920)
* Dawn of the East (1921)
* If Women Only Knew (1921)
* The Land of Hope (1921)
* Scrambled Wives (1921)
* Free Air (1922)
* The Go-Getter (1923)
* Unseeing Eyes (1923)
* Week End Husbands (1924)
* Another Scandal (1924)
* Bad Company (1925)
* Headlines (1925)
* White Mice (1926)
* Atta Boy (1926)
* Alias the Lone Wolf (1927)
* The Opening Night (1927)
* Afraid to Love (1927)
* The Price of Honor (1927)
* Captain Swagger (1928)
* Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
* The Shady Lady (1928)
* Love Over Night (1928)
* Paris Bound (1929)
* Rich People (1929)
* Holiday (1930)
* Beyond Victory (1931)
* Rebound (1931)
* The Animal Kingdom (1932)
* Lady with a Past (1932)
* Another Language (1933)
* Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
* No More Ladies (1935)
* Next Time We Love (1936)
* Ladies in Love (1936)
* Cafe Metropole (1937)
* I'll Take Romance (1937)
* Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
* Cafe Society (1939)
* Safari (1940)
* Virginia (1941)
* Bahama Passage (1941)
* One Night in Lisbon (1941)
* The Sky's the Limit (1943)
* Young and Willing (1943)
* Perilous Holiday (1946)

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