By the by, TCM is showing all-baseball movies and shorts through 8 p.m.
Coming up are "The Babe Ruth Story," "The Jackie Robinson Story," and the old-timey, 19th-century baseball flick, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Esther Williams.
Just watched a fun Babe Ruth short, and some of "The Winning Team," which was Ronald Reagan and Doris Day in the Grover Cleveland Alexander story ("The great Alexander is pitching again in Washington...")
The move is basically dreck, and only remotely related to Pete Alexander's real story. Among other things, the events in the famous game in which he struck out Tony "Poosh-em-up" Lazzeri are largely altered (and the guy playing Rogers Hornsby is a balding, pot-bellied character actor who looks to be at least 55).
BUT...great clips of the Original Stadium at full capacity during the World Series, and great clips of New Yorkers watching the giant scoreboards set up in Times Square.
Also, Robert Benchley in the short, "Opening Day," coming up at 4:45.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
"The Winning Team"
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Fear Strikes Out...wonder if they have rights to that film also...?
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