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Show MSTBROOK PEGLER Rnb Ruth. Leadina Man - - , 7 - ' 1 DESIRE to supplement an important historical document, the life story , of Babe Ruth, a great American, which has been written for printing and moving pictures by Bob Considine. , I had the honor of attending Ruth in his debut as a moving picture actor in 1920 in a drama called "Headin' Home." The girl was a nice, , buxom blonde whose name unfortunately I do not recall. The villain, who i was the pitcher for the opposition, was a skinny little Broadway fellow ) named Scher who had done odds and ends as an actor. Ruth had bought f some suits from a tailor named Scher and Scher said he would call it I square if they would use his brother in the show. ) Scher, the actor, threw like an actor. Yet Ruth had to break ' his back striking out several times to make him look good and in ' the end he never got a chance to prove he could hit Scher because, for the great climax, they dubbed in one of his old home runs photographed during the season as thousands cheered. There were no sound tracks and the actors, for something to say as they moved their lips, would mutter over and over "business, business, business" or "so-and-so-and-so-and-so." This blonde lady had trouble not laughing at Ruth as he would grab her in a stiff-arm, selfconscious clinch and say, "Oh, Miss Business, Business, Business, I think you are so-and-so-and-so-and-so." |