George F. Babbitt--middle-aged, respectable, a prosperous real estate man--tired of the routine of family life, finds he has let life slip by. In an attempt to renew his youth he begins an affair with an alluring young woman.
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| Willard Louis | ... |
George F. Babbitt
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| Mary Alden | ... |
Mrs. Myra Babbitt
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| Carmel Myers | ... |
Tanis Judique
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| Raymond McKee | ... |
Theodore Roosevelt Babbitt
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| Maxine Elliott Hicks | ... |
Verona Babbitt
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Virginia Loomis | ... |
Tina Babbitt
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Robert Randall | ... |
Paul Reisling
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| Cissy Fitzgerald | ... |
Mrs. Zilla Reisling
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| Gertrude Olmstead | ... |
Eunice Littlefield
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| Lucien Littlefield | ... |
Edward Littlefield
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| Dale Fuller | ... |
Tillie
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| Kathleen Myers | ... |
Miss McGoun
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Frona Hale | ... |
Mrs. Littlefield
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| Michael Dark | ... |
Chum Frink
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Charles McHugh | ... |
Virgil Gunch
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| Malcolm Denny | ... |
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| Harry Beaumont | ||
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| Dorothy Farnum | ... | (scenario) |
| Sinclair Lewis | ... | (novel) |
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| David Abel | ||
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- Warner Bros. (1924) (United States) (theatrical)
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George F. Babbitt is a middle-aged, respectable, prosperous real estate man in the city of Zenith. Tired of the routine of family life, he finds that the has let life pass him by. In an attempt to renew his youth he begins an affair with Tanis Judique, an alluring young woman with whom he plans to leave town; at the pleas of his son, however, he returns to his sick wife, confesses his foolishness, and resumes the happiness of family life. |
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| Taglines | "BABBITT" Tells the Truth About You. "BABBITT" Tells the Truth to You. (Print Ad-Amsterdam Evening Recorder, ((Amsterdam, NY)) 8 August 1924) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film is believed to be lost. In the late 1940s and 1950s, Warner Bros. destroyed many of its negatives due to nitrate film decomposition. Studio records indicate that the negative of filmography pre-1931 was marked "Junked 12/27/48" (December 27, 1948). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in The Go Between (1990). See more » |