Babbitt (1924)
This first movie version of Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt stars the corpulent Willard Louis in the title role. A middle-aged businessman/blowhard in the small town of Zenith, Babbitt is somewhat naïve in the ways of the world. He allows himself to stray from his long-standing marriage to wife Myra (Mary Alden) when he succumbs to the charms of avaricious Tanis Judique (Carmel Myers). Before he comes to his senses, Babbitt nearly ruins the reputation he has spent a lifetime judiciously building up. Warner Bros. remade Babbitt in 1934, with Guy Kibbee typecast to perfection in the leading role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Willard Louis, Mary Alden, (more)
- Director(s):
- Harry Beaumont
Synopsis of Babbitt
This first movie version of Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt stars the corpulent Willard Louis in the title role. A middle-aged businessman/blowhard in the small town of Zenith, Babbitt is somewhat naïve in the ways of the world. He allows himself to stray from his long-standing marriage to wife Myra (Mary Alden) when he succumbs to the charms of avaricious Tanis Judique (Carmel Myers). Before he comes to his senses, Babbitt nearly ruins the reputation he has spent a lifetime judiciously building up. Warner Bros. remade Babbitt in 1934, with Guy Kibbee typecast to perfection in the leading role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Babbitt
- Willard Louis - George F. Babbitt
- Carmel Myers - Tanis Judique
- Maxine Hicks - Verona Babbitt
- Robert Randell - Paul Reisling
- Lucien Littlefield - Edward Littelfield
- Kathleen Myers - Miss McGown
- Sissy Fitzgerald - Mrs. Zilla Reisling
- Mary Alden - Mrs. Myra Babbitt
- Raymond McKee - Theodore Roosevelt
- Virginia Loomis - Tina Babbitt
- Gertrude Olmstead - Eunice Littelfield
- Dale Fuller - Tillie the Maid
- Fiona Hale - Mrs. Littelfield
- Director(s):
- Harry Beaumont
- Writer(s):
- Dorothy Farnum
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