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                |  | Glenn Hunter. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
 
 |  The Pinch Hitter
 (1925) United States of America
 B&W : Seven reels / 6259 feet
 Directed by Joseph Henabery
 Cast: Glenn Hunter [Joel Martin], Constance Bennett [Abby Nettleton], Jack Drumier [Obadiah Parker, Joel’s uncle], Reginald Sheffield [Alexis Thompson], Antrim Short [Jimmy Slater], George Cline [Coach Nolan], Mary Foy [Aunt Martha], James E. Sullivan [the college dean], Joseph Burke [Charlie], Frank Cox, Rolland Flander [?] Encore Pictures and/or Oscar Price Productions? production; distributed by The Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated. / Produced by Oscar Price. From a screen story by C. Gardner Sullivan. Cinematography by Jules Cronjager. Presented by Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated. / © 30 December 1925 [LU22201]. Released 13 December 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Portions of the film were shot on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A remake of The Pinch Hitter (1917). Comedy-Drama: Sports: Baseball. Survival status: Print exists. Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. Keywords: Athletes: Baseball players - Colleges: Students - Sports: Baseball Listing updated: 28 January 2025. References: Edelman-Baseball pp. 12, 23, 204; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 61; Limbacher-Feature p. 189: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Steve Greene. |