Babs

Babs

A story of a girl who takes a hand in politics when the men folks fail to manage to her liking.

1920 · 50 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Edward H. Griffith · Written by Forrest Crissey

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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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