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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Dave Haas
Last night I watched "The Pride of the Yankees" starring Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth as himself. First time I've seen it and very Good. On topic, I do have a 1933 Ruth and a 1934 Gehrig. Does any one know of other baseball theme movies of interest? |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Dan Bretta
That movie is always on topic because it shows Gehrig as a kid trading baseball cards - including a Babe Ruth card. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Bill
Dan, |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Max Weder
One of the interesting things about the movie is that Gary Cooper batted and threw right handed. The film was flipped to give the impression he batted and threw left handed. Cooper was thus filmed in a jersey that read "KROY WEN" and ran to "third base" after he hit the ball. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: MVSNYC
IMO, baseball movie rankings: |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Glenn
I'd also recommend Bang the Drum Slowly and (though it probably goes without saying) Ken Burns's Baseball. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: MVSNYC
ah yes, i forgot about ken burns' baseball documentary...amazing. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Bob Pomilla
Don't know that it could be called a "good" movie, but I'd like to see a baseball comedy called "Elmer the Great" from 1933, with Joe E. Brown, for no other reason than several players from the era, such as Charlie Root, Babe Herman , George Burns and others are in it. Doubt their roles are more than cameos, but would be interesting to see these guys "come to life", so to speak. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: dennis
i'm going to add to the list "a league of their own","don't look back" and "bingo long and his travlin allstars" |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: MVSNYC
ALOTO is a great one! |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Denny Walsh
Okay, I have many children and this one might of slipped under your radar cause it's a cartoon...."I Simply Loved It"... Check it out for your self, has a very cool story line! |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted
Last nite we watched this movie again (I've lost count how many times). Did you guys catch Lou as a kid |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Dan Bretta
Bill, I have read Malamud's book The Natural. There's no way that ending would have played in Hollywood. But it would have made for an interesting movie. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Anonymous
Cobb is quite good, as is Bull Durham. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Dan Bretta
I was reading an article today about Jimmy Piersal and he was talking about "Fear Strikes Out"...I didn't know this, but there were actually two films made from that. The first one starred Tab Hunter and was made for TV and the Anthony Perkins movie came out two years later. Piersal hated that movie because he thought Perkins "threw like a girl". |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: Ed Ivey
The Babe Ruth Story, with William Bendix. So awful that it's comically good. |
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maybe O/T? But a Good movie.
Posted By: DMcD
No Best Baseball Movies list is complete without Damn Yankees. |
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