Classic movies and cards
 

This may have been done before ... many times possibly ....

But are there any vintage movies where a highly desirable baseball card is visible or even discussed? Not talking about a movie from the 60s or 70s or a modern era flick. But something from the 20s, 30s or 40s where someone is waving around a now vintage rare card?

Two old films I watched recently, Pride of the Yankees and Take me out to the Ballgame had cards in one scene each but they were prop cards. I watch a LOT of Turner Classic Movies and can't recall any other films with cards, real or otherwise.


OT from the intent of the post but I watched Rain Man again the other night and saw Dustin Hoffman's sweet '59 Frank Robinson which I had forgotten from seeing it many years ago. One of my fave's from that set.

The only one that came to mind was Pride of the Yankees. Babe Ruth...A Rookie! Classic line that cracks me up every time.
On another funny note, there was a one season tv show from last year named Reverie. They had an episode where a kid can't believe that this guy has a 1966 Roberto Clemente...except the card is obviously a 1968. The kid probably just forgot his lines, but nobody cared enough to catch it.

Not an old movie, but certainly a classic...A Christmas Story. Early in the movie you see a T206 Reulbach on Ralphie's headboard. Also a Ty Cobb card, not sure which one.

I wish I could recall the short story but a few years ago I was reading through an anthology and there was a scene in one of the stories where a young kid on the street went around asking people for the pictures from their cigarette packs. I remember in the story he gets a Tris Speaker from a pack of Meccas cigarettes (T201).

Here are a few past threads about the general subject of bb cards in movies/TV:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=86506

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=160142

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...t=82609&page=2

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...t=92107&page=3

Brian

It TV shows were included I'd say one of the episodes of Hart to Hart. They had a flipping contest before cards were placed in tombs known as slabs

Here's the BB card of Roy Hobbs (Robert Redgrave) from the 1984 movie "The Natural".


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...s/RoyHobbs.jpg



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T206 Reference
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Robert Redford. Lynn Redgrave. Trivia: What did they have in common?

Neither have been in my kitchen.

They both have R E D as the first 3 letters of their last name.

I think I win, unless they have both indeed have never been to Ed's kitchen.

Brian

Brian, that's not what I'm looking for, but you can still be Monday night's trivia king! :)

I saw this episode for the first time about three weeks ago. I’ve been watching the show mornings on Hallmark. The opening montage caught my eye right away.

It was so cool seeing those cards flipped. That was back in 1982 iirc. Long before slabs. Sometimes, the old ways are the best.


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Robin Williams has several baseball cards hanging on the wall or his desk in the movie "Goodwill Hunting"

When I was a kid in 1985, the movie Mask came out starring Cher. The baseball cards pinned to the wall was my favorite part of the movie.

Leave it to Beaver " Episode "Wally's Weekend Job "

When trying to pay for his soda, Gilbert empties his pockets on the counter and a number of baseball cards spill out. These are all Topps cards from the 1959 set even though the episode was filmed in 1961. The cards are #383 Words of Wisdom (Don Larsen and Casey Stengel), #392 Whitey Herzog, #416 Haywood Sullivan, #418 Gino Cimoli, #437 Ike Delock and #484 Willie Kirkland, all from the sixth series.

Always liked when Rocky was trading with his friend Ben in that movie.


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"Rainman" too, Raymond like Big Klu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-ihW8RXSM

Someone ripped a mint 52T Mantle in half in "The Christmas Chronicles".

In Needful Things, a 1993 movie based on a Stephen King novel, a boy sells his soul for a Mickey Mantle. I believe it was a 1956. My soul is for sale or trade, but it will cost more than a ‘56 Mantle. :D

In the book it was Koufax

Thought I would share a on movie on screen shot of a T206 Wagner, T205 Hoblitzell (guessing it’s the with stats version) and a 1915 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson. Also a couple of the most iconic comic books.

I’ll see if someone can guess the movie this is from before I post answer.
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Not baseball cards, but one of my all-time favorite movies, Fritz Lang's Scarlett Street (1945) starring Edward G. Robinson, involves art forgery and scamming.

Those are from The Accountant. I actually just watched that movie because of the sequel and spotted those too.

That was quick PACKS

I just heard about the sequel and it made me think about seeing the pre-war cards on screen.

Cards in Movies
 

Dick York was in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock entitled The Doubtful Doctor who goes 2 years into his past and his life is turned upside down. He has a scene where he purchases some baseball cards with some kids. He later returns to the present with wet baseball cards in his pocket. He had tried to drown himself. The cards are from the fifties

Also, the Post Cereal box in the Sandlot with cards and Mickey Mantle on it. I believe Doctor James McAvoy supplied the box for the movie. here is link with a picture.

https://barebonesez.blogspot.com/202...363386212.html

I would put The Accountant up there as one of Ben Affleck's most watchable movies. The Accountant and The Town.

I’ve mentioned this before:

Check out Cerrano’s locker in Major League. Among other things, there appears to be a Hank Aaron rookie.

in killers of the flower moon I spotted what appeared to be a blown up prop to about the size of a cabinet card of an N162 Buffalo Bill

Nice one, Cliffy!

I've never watched this 1919 silent era movie, "The Busher" so I don't know if there were any actual baseball players, or cards, in the movie. Here is an authentic lobby card that I have from that time. This was one of the earliest known movies featuring baseball as a theme.

In The Sandlot, there's an entire box of Post cereal with 1962 cards on the back on their breakfast table

Star Trek
 

A couple of TV episodes in the Star Trek universe featured baseball cards. Here is a breakdown: https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Baseball_card

Not a card, but a photo, and, um, not a movie, either, but a TV show...
but kind of vintage, so... this portrait photo of what appears to be
Grover Alexander is seen quite prominently, and rather inexplicably,
on the wall of a camera shop in a circa 1960 episode of Perry Mason...

I have seen that one a before and it's cool.
Here is an early Babe Lobby card...probably 1920 as that is when the baseball cards were issued.

Blast from the past has 1933 rogers hornsby

Not sure if this was said but the movie The Christmas Chronicles with Kurt Russell. Kurt as Santa wanted to trade a guy a mint 1952 Mantle rookie for the guys Porshe. Very good move.

Too late, I see this was already mentioned.

Glad to read there is a sequel coming out. I've watched that movie a few times now and thought to myself, this is ripe for a sequel.
I see it is supposed to be released April 28th. The trailer looks good. Just hope it is as good as the first one or at least close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqTRwn9wgGk

I believe an episode of The Dick Van Dyke show Head curds in it. Richie was at a table playing with his baseball cards. I want to say 1961 topps

There was an episode of MacGuyver that was about counterfeit cards, the wall behind the counter was loaded with 90 Donruss cards. Also there was an episode of Seinfeld where there is a random box of 90 Donruss on top of Jerry's fridge.

Plus a Henry Aaron RC that Babe Ruth asks to keep in what's his name's dream

There's an episode of Married with Children that shows a 52 Topps Joe Nuxhall RC