The baseball filmography 1915 through 2001 / by Hal Erickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Hal, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball films--History and criticism.

Baseball films.

Physical Description:

v, 552 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2002]

Summary:

Since the first baseball movie (Little Sunset, 1915), Hollywood has had an on-again, off-again affair with the sport. The resulting relationship has produced a wide array of films, some good (Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own), some obscure (Roogie's Bump, Hot Curves) and some flops (The Slugger's Wife, The Babe Ruth Story). This is a detailed look at the 111 "fictional" baseball films produced and released in the United States from 1915 through 2001. This expanded and updated version of the 1992 first edition includes 29 new films. New material includes an entry on 1978's Goodbye, Franklin High and revisions to several entries after the uncut versions of several silent and pre-1950 talkie baseball films were made available, among them Hit and Run (1924), The Battling Orioles (1924), and Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927). Each entry contains cast and production credits, year of release, a synopsis, a critique and behind-the-scenes information. Two additional sections cover baseball short subjects and baseball in non-baseball films, and there is an extensive bibliography.

Contents:

Baseball movies

Baseball short subjects

Baseball in non-baseball films.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-520) and index.

ISBN:

0786412720

OCLC:

49225316