Eve Takes Up Baseball (1928)
Filmed at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London. Actresses from Yellow Mask and So this is Love try their hand at baseball. 6 women with arms round each other bow to the camera. By a camera trick their ordinary clothes are magically transformed into baseball uniforms. The instructor tells the players that the first step for successful baseball is to chew gum. C, U of coach putting chewing gum into a player s mouth. Game begins with a bit of rough play. C, U of group of girls chewing gum. Elvin Hedges demonstrates technique to the actresses from the Winter Gardens and His Majesty s Theatre. The group of girls fall over as he takes a swipe at the ball. One of the girls takes a swing. Bernard Nedell steps up to give some tips on pitching technique. The girls practice their sliding technique. Intertitle reads: A run on the field is worth two in the stocking. A game is played with girls looking on and cheering. The game is stopped while a player attends to her makeup. Laddie Clif
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