Pre-War cards shown on TV/Movies

[barrysloate]

If you watch closely, the cards on George's wall change from episode to episode. I've seen a 33 Goudey Lajoie and 52 Topps among dozens of other cards. All are reprints, of course.

[Jantz]

If I remember correctly, Ralphie has some cards stuck to his head board in A Christmas Story. I think one is a Reulbach T206, which would make sense since the story was based in Chicago.

Also remember seeing some baseball cards in Robin William's office in Good Will Hunting. I never looked close enough to see if any were pre-war cards.


Jantz

[yanksfan09]

I remember there's a Lou Gehrig card in the Goonies movie, when they find Chester Copperpot. It's not a period card though, I can't remember exactly what it looked like.

Nevermind, Just found it:

[yanksfan09]

There's also some in the treehouse in the Sandlot movie...

[edjs]

There are a few displayed once in a while in "Blast From the Past." (of course).

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

I remember there's a Lou Gehrig card in the Goonies movie, when they find Chester Copperpot. It's not a period card though, I can't remember exactly what it looked like.

Nevermind, Just found it:

The odd thing is the Gehrig card was issued decades after the death of Chester Copperpot. Honestly, how hard could it have been to locate a '33 Goudey for that one scene?

[conor912]

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[conor912]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

The odd thing is the Gehrig card was issued decades after the death of Chester Copperpot. Honestly, how hard could it have been to locate a '33 Goudey for that one scene?

Do you really want to debate the suspension of disbelief for The Goonies?

[Econteachert205]

They are 05's. First column cicotte and chance second column kaiser, tinker huggins, collins mouth open, third ?, speaker, matty, ? fourth ? I think


Ps beaten to the punch on the Bonnie's rant. Damn.

[Bpm0014]

Great call on the t206 stuck to the headboard in A Christmas Story!

[dabigyankeeman]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

If you watch closely, the cards on George's wall change from episode to episode. I've seen a 33 Goudey Lajoie and 52 Topps among dozens of other cards. All are reprints, of course.

Thats great, I gotta watch for that, as I am looking at reruns of Seinfeld regularly. Can't believe I never noticed this!!

[Cozumeleno]

I may be the only one who has seen the Grumpy Old Men / Grumpier Old Men movies with Walter Matthau/Jack Lemmon, but at the end of one of them, Matthau gives several iconic vintage cards to his son to help pay for his future grandson's college education. In his words, he says it will buy like a week or two of college.

I want to say a Ruth 1933 Goudey is one, but can't remember.