Saturday, June 6, 2026

Rainout Theater: "Rawhide" (1938) starring Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig... decides to give up baseball in New York for the life of a western cattle rancher. Once at the ranch, Gehrig encounters a protection racket preying on the ranchers by extortion and violence. He teams up with a crusading local attorney to fight the crooks. (Wikipedia

I have watched this twice, which should tell you something about me if not the movie. 

UPDATE: Game rescheduled for August 29. Enjoy Lou Gehrig! Did I mention that the movie is only 58 minutes and has four songs?  

Holy cow! This is from Variety, 9/2/42: 


 

4 comments:

13bit said...

Please God, don’t let the seditious fat prick jinx the Knicks…

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Of all the nights to forget to bring roku ...

Striker!

Carl J. Weitz said...
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HoraceClarke66 said...

Seems like they could've played, but a very nice break with the rain tonight, and they were smart to take advantage of it. No matter what, this Yankees team has got to be better on August 29th than it is today (though it probably won't matter).