---
title: 'Bab''s Matinee Idol (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'J. Searle Dawley'
released: '1917-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 50
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/babs-matinee-idol-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007668/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bab's Matinee Idol (1917)

1917 · 50 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Bab's Matinee Idol is a 1917 American silent romantic comedy film, based on the Mary Roberts Rinehart novel Bab: a Sub-Deb, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and directed by J. Searle Dawley. This was the final film in the trilogy of Babs films that starred Marguerite Clark.

## Credits

- **Director:** [J. Searle Dawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-searle-dawley)
- **Screenplay:** [Margaret Turnbull](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-turnbull)
- **Producer:** [Adolph Zukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-zukor)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henry Lyman Broening](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-lyman-broening)

## Cast

- [Vernon Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-steele)
- [Frank Losee](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-losee)
- [Marguerite Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/marguerite-clark)
- [Cyril Chadwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-chadwick)

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