The Babe Ruth Story

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The Babe Ruth Story
1990 Fox Video VHS release
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Produced by	Roy Del Ruth
Written by	George Callahan Bob Considine (book and screenplay) Babe Ruth (book)
Narrated by	Knox Manning
Starring	William Bendix Claire Trevor Charles Bickford
Music by	Edward Ward
Cinematography	Philip Tannura
Editing by	Richard Heermance
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date(s)	July 26, 1948
Running time	106 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

The Babe Ruth Story is a 1948 baseball film biography of Babe Ruth, the famed New York Yankees slugger. It stars William Bendix as the ballplayer and Claire Trevor as his wife. It was rush released while Ruth himself was still alive. It makes no mention whatsoever of Ruth's first wife, Helen.

[edit] Critical reception

Reviews were, for the most part, negative. Citing the film's moments of heavy handedness including a rather contrived reanactment of Babe Ruth's famous World Series home run against the Chicago Cubs^[1], some critics have even gone far to call it one of the worst sports biopics of all time.

[edit] References

^ Babe Ruth - The Called Shot on YouTube

[edit] External links

The Babe Ruth Story at the Internet Movie Database

v d e Babe Ruth

Main	Babe Ruth's called shot · Curse of the Bambino

Family	Claire Merritt Hodgson · Dorothy Ruth

Popular culture	The Babe Ruth Story · The Babe · The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs

Other	Babe Ruth Award · Babe Ruth Home Run Award · Home Plate Farm

New York Yankees

Formerly the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Highlanders • Based in The Bronx, New York City, New York

Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Awards • Players • Managers • Coaches • Owners and executives • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • Opening Day starting lineups • Team captains • Members of the Hall of Fame • First-round picks • YES Network

Ballparks

Oriole Park • Hilltop Park • Polo Grounds • Yankee Stadium (opened 1923) (Events) • Shea Stadium • Yankee Stadium (opened 2009)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Bader Field • Al Lang Stadium • Fort Lauderdale Stadium • George M. Steinbrenner Field

Lore

Curse of the Bambino • Johnny Sylvester • Murderers' Row • Babe Ruth's called shot • Ed Lucas • M&M Boys • Bucky "Bleeping" Dent • Pine Tar Incident • Jeffrey Maier • The Yankee Years • The Core Four • David Wells' perfect game • David Cone's perfect game

Culture

Monument Park • New York Yankees Museum • Old-Timers' Day • Bleacher Creatures • Yankees Universe • Eddie Layton • Logos, uniforms and dress code • "Holy Cow!" • Robert Merrill • John Sterling/"Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!" • Ronan Tynan • "Here Come the Yankees" • "Haya Doin'?" • "New York, New York" • "God Bless America" • The Pride of the Yankees • The Babe Ruth Story • Damn Yankees (musical · film · The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant) • Safe at Home! • 61* • The Bronx is Burning (Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning • The Bronx Is Burning) • Gene Monahan • Dandy • Freddy Sez • George Costanza • Paul Olden • Yankee Stadium Legacy • Yankees HOPE Week

Rivalries

Boston Red Sox • New York Mets • Los Angeles Dodgers • San Francisco Giants • Subway Series

Monument Park
honorees

Mel Allen • Ed Barrow • Yogi Berra • Bill Dickey • Joe DiMaggio • Whitey Ford • Lou Gehrig • Lefty Gomez • Ron Guidry • Elston Howard • Miller Huggins • Reggie Jackson • Mickey Mantle • Roger Maris • Billy Martin • Don Mattingly • Joe McCarthy • Thurman Munson • Allie Reynolds • Phil Rizzuto • Red Ruffing • Jacob Ruppert • Babe Ruth • Bob Sheppard • George Steinbrenner • Casey Stengel

Retired numbers

4 • 3 • 5 • 7 • 37 • 8 • 8 • 16 • 15 • 32 • 9 • 10 • 1 • 44 • 23 • 42 • 49

Key personnel

Owners: Yankee Global Enterprises (Hal Steinbrenner • Hank Steinbrenner) • General Manager: Brian Cashman • Manager: Joe Girardi • Team Captain: Derek Jeter

Championships (27)

1923 • 1927 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1941 • 1943 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1956 • 1958 • 1961 • 1962 • 1977 • 1978 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2009

American League
Pennants (40)

1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1981 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2003 • 2009

Other titles

Eastern Division: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2009 • 2011 | Wild Card: 1995 • 1997 • 2007 • 2010

Minors

AAA: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees | AA: Trenton Thunder | A: Tampa Yankees • Charleston RiverDogs • Staten Island Yankees | Rookie: Gulf Coast League Yankees • DSL Yankees1 • DSL Yankees2

Seasons (111)

1900s-1910s	1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

1920s-1930s	1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

1940s-1950s	1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s-2010s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

v d e Films directed by Roy Del Ruth

1920s	Three Weeks in Paris (1925) The First Auto (1927) The Terror (1928) The Desert Song (1929) Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) The Aviator (1929)

1930s	Hold Everything (1930) The Life of the Party (1930) The Maltese Falcon (1931) Side Show (1931) Blonde Crazy (1931) Taxi! (1932) Winner Take All (1932) Blessed Event (1932) Employees' Entrance (1933) Captured! (1933) Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) Lady Killer (1933) Upper World (1934) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) Kid Millions (1934) Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) Thanks a Million (1935) It Had to Happen (1936) Born to Dance (1936) On the Avenue (1937) Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) Tail Spin (1939)

1940s	He Married His Wife (1940) Topper Returns (1941) The Chocolate Soldier (1941) Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) DuBarry Was a Lady (1943) Broadway Rhythm (1944) Barbary Coast Gent (1944) It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) The Babe Ruth Story (1948) Red Light (1949) Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)

1950s	The West Point Story (1950) On Moonlight Bay (1951) Starlift (1951) About Face (1952) Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) Three Sailors and a Girl (1953) Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) The Alligator People (1959)

1960s	Why Must I Die? (1960)

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