Warming Up (1928 film)
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| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | Ray Harris (screenplay) Sam Mintz (story) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
| Starring |
Richard Dix Jean Arthur |
| Music by | Gerard Carbonara |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles; also sound version with music and sound effects only |
Warming Up (1928) is a baseball film starring Richard Dix and Jean Arthur, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, and released by Paramount Pictures in the Movietone sound system as Paramount's first sound film.
The film was released in a silent version and a sound version. The sound version had synchronized music and sound effects without dialogue.
The film featured several major league baseball players as themselves.
Bert Tulliver (Dix), a pitcher for a baseball team in a small town, is given the opportunity to try out for a team in the big leagues. Unfortunately, he incurs the enmity of McRae (McCullough), the league's leading home-run hitter. In addition, Bert falls for the team owner's daughter Mary (Arthur), who McRae has designs on.
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