KILL THE UMPIRE.

Bill Johnson is a former baseball player whose devotion to the game has cost him several jobs. He is forced by his father-in-law to matriculate in an umpire school. The film's climax is a manic chase scene, scripted by animator and future Jerry Lewis director Frank Tashlin.

Credits

Cast
William Bendix, William Frawley

Copyright

Complete catalog record
KILL THE UMPIRE. Nestor. 1916. 1 reel. Credits: Director, Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran; scenario, Ben Cohn. Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 8Jul16; LP8658.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q6407234 ↗ — country
  3. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright