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Babs (1920)
Babs Marvin loves David Darrow, a young lawyer. Babs' father, the powerful Senator Marvin, is supporting Eben Sprague for a seat in the State Legislature. Darrow discovers that Sprague is a crook and threatens to expose the candidate unless the senator agrees to switch his support to him. Babs opposes Darrow's decision, fearing that it will ruin his promising law career. Determined to defeat Darrow, she promotes the candidacy of the village pauper, Hank Dawes, and contrives an elaborate campaign based upon the slogan that Dawes' election would remove him from the welfare rolls. Dawes wins the election, but Darrow is consoled with Babs's love and the senator's support of his law career.
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Babs Marvin loves David Darrow, a young lawyer. Babs' father, the powerful Senator Marvin, is supporting Eben Sprague for a seat in the State Legislature. Darrow discovers that Sprague is a crook and threatens to expose the candidate unless the senator agrees to switch his support to him. Babs opposes Darrow's decision, fearing that it will ruin his promising law career. Determined to defeat Darrow, she promotes the candidacy of the village pauper, Hank Dawes, and contrives an elaborate campaign based upon the slogan that Dawes' election would remove him from the welfare rolls. Dawes wins the election, but Darrow is consoled with Babs's love and the senator's support of his law career.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Forrest Crissey, Lucien Hubbard
In Theaters:7/5/1920
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Corinne Griffith Productions, Vitagraph Company of America
Cast
Edward H. Griffith
Director
Corinne Griffith
Barbara Marvin
George Fawcett
Senator Merrill Treadwill Marvin
Webster Campbell
David Darrow
William Holden
Ben Cogswell
Roy Applegate
Jabez Prouty
Charles S. Abbe
Henry Dawes
Blanche Davenport
Aunt Celia
Harvey A. Fisher
Shackleton Hobbs
Walter Horton
Eben Sprague
Wes Jenkins
Old Eph
Frances Miller
Mamie
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