FS: Lawrence Ritter - The Glory of Their Times DVD! - SOLD

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Not casting any aspersions whatsoever on this transaction, which is legitimate in every way. HOWEVER, as someone who was very close to both Larry Ritter and his "Glory" projects, I find it astonishing that someone would have the gall to put this out with no mention of either Ritter, whose work it is based on entirely, or Bud Greenspan, who produced it.

What you said, above, was partly untrue and somewhat (though not completely) unfair to a friend of mine. All I did was set that record straight. And while Doak's cover does not mention Greenspan, his name is prominently displayed at the beginning of the movie, along with Larry's. So anybody who watches it knows who produced it.

You and I agree, Bud Greenspan should certainly have been credited on the cover. Obviously, Larry's original material was not video, and Bud also wove various non-baseball events into the story to put it all in historical content. The title came from Larry, and the core essence (to me, a baseball fan, the original baseball interviews are 90% of the fascination of the video.)

I might also add that I have the Highbridge cassette tape (4 tape) set and am impressed that while you used the famous picture of Cobb sliding into Austin at third, you did credit Charles Conlon as the photographer (the credit is in very small print, but it is there.)

I was saddened to read your opinion that Larry would not be happy with the DVD as it is being sold now. I have always wanted to think that he wanted that story of those men out there, for as many people to hear and remember, as possible. As another poster noted, it can be viewed on Youtube, too, where there is no cover to give anyone credit. But, again, as with Doak's DVD, Greenspan and Ritter are prominently mentioned near the beginning.

I see your point, I hope you see mine, and I think we agree more than not. You obviously knew Larry infinitely better than me, but for my own comfort I think I'll go on believing that he's glad his interviews are still popular, and easily available, today and likely forever into the future, despite the concerns we share regarding Bud's credit omission on the cover of the current DVD production.

In fact, when I see a T205 or T206 of one of those guys he interviewed sell for a little premium, I smile. It's kind of fun to look at a Hans Lobert card and be able to hear his actual voice, talking about his career. I also want to think that Larry would get a kick out of that too; the idea his book and recordings made Lobert, Gibson, Crawford, Wood, etc. a little better known and more popular.