Claim: Somewhere in Georgia is a silent film about a small-town Georgian bank clerk (played by Ty Cobb) with a talent for baseball, and was directed by George Ridgwel, written by Grantland Rice and Lillian Case Russell.
Evidence: Somewhere in Georgia is a 1917 silent film, starring baseball great Ty Cobb. Cobb stars as a small-town Georgian bank clerk with a talent for baseball. George Ridgwel Grantland Rice
Lillian Case Russell (scenario) Ty Cobb 
George Ridgwel Grantland Rice
Lillian Case Russell (scenario) Ty Cobb Silent film
English intertitles Cobb stars as a small-town Georgian bank clerk with a talent for baseball.