First Appearance Of a Baseball Card In a Movie?

[sac_bunt]

Resurrecting an old thread.

Last night, watching a classic movie (Christmas Story) with the kids and in one of the very first scenes Ralphie has a few cards behind his head.

I immediately yelled out O'Brien (middle card) then pondered the scene as the movie went on and thought maybe it was Ruelbach-no glove. Now, I'm just not sure at all. Any guesses?

BTW - If you haven't seen the movie - its a great family holiday classic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by sac_bunt

Resurrecting an old thread.

Last night, watching a classic movie (Christmas Story) with the kids and in one of the very first scenes Ralphie has a few cards behind his head.

I immediately yelled out O'Brien (middle card) then pondered the scene as the movie went on and thought maybe it was Ruelbach-no glove. Now, I'm just not sure at all. Any guesses?

BTW - If you haven't seen the movie - its a great family holiday classic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story

I actually think its the Reulbach-Glove Showing T206.

Either way it makes sense since Reulbach played for Chicago and the film was based in or near Chicago


Jantz

[bravesfan22]

Robin Williams had an amazing collection on his wall in his office in good will hunting. He basically had an important card from the major sets from t205 up to 1953 topps.

[nolemmings]

I actually think its the Reulbach-Glove Showing T206.

Seems kinda strange that Ralphie would have a thirty-year old card(s) posted behind him. You'd think that the director or whoever would have had Goudey's Diamond Stars or even Play Balls as cards he'd want to look at everyday--not what at most would have been his father's cards.

Just sayin.

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Seems kinda strange that Ralphie would have a thirty-year old card(s) posted behind him. You'd think that the director or whoever would have had Goudey's Diamond Stars or even Play Balls as cards he'd want to look at everyday--not what at most would have been his father's cards.

Just sayin.

Ralphie was a type card collector! Oh Fudge!!

The other card to the right of Reulbach is Jimmy Hart

The card on the left looks like a Play Ball.

[Louieman]

Originally Posted by bravesfan22

Robin Williams had an amazing collection on his wall in his office in good will hunting. He basically had an important card from the major sets from t205 up to 1953 topps.

I was lucky enough to own that poster (more accurately, my dad did), and noticed it one day on my millionth viewing of that movie. That'd be a pretty sweet collection to have huh?
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=194213

[swarmee]

So Hallmark Channel has this "Murder She Wrote" type movie series starring Laurie Laughlin (Aunt Becky on Full House) as an antique dealer. The episode on now "Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent" shows a man getting murdered over a stack of vintage cards including a T205 and an E90 Philadelphia Caramel Shoeless Joe Jackson card, all in screwdowns.

[IMAXMAX]

Great thread::::::::
Also, add Monster Squad to the list---

[swarmee]

Just noticed the 1963 Topps Nellie Fox card in a 2006 episode of Criminal Minds because it was Gideon's favorite player growing up.