Mantle and maris in the movies sports illustrated vault. Autographed items safe at home ballpark collectibles. Kill the umpire safe at home on dvd 043396168824 from sony pictures home entertainment. A young boy brags to his friends that he knows baseball hall of famers mickey mantle and roger maris, and must learn his lesson when he travels to the yankees spring training camp to prove his nonexistent friendship. Jude telethon video safe at home official trailer advanced screening dates in memory contact us we are proceeding as usual still hoping to play the 2020 brad wallin tourney on june 37 weekend, and we have an amazing list of registered teams coming again this year see look whos coming link above.
Triple play baseball triple feature safe at homekill. For many men in america, baseball was a boyhood rite of passage and served as the backdrop of some their most cherished memories. Safe at home 1962 mickey mantleroger maris new york yankees movies lot 25 total videos w rare baseball card in each. And like with little league, there are tons of life lessons and character strengths kids can learn from. Young hutch lawton brags to his little league buddies that his dad knows mickey mantle and roger maris. Any other film suggestions or thoughts are always welcome. Sep 10, 2014 the best baseball movies on streaming. Feb 28, 2012 according to the consumer product safety commission, nearly 110,000 baseball and softballrelated injuries were treated in u.
Oct 23, 2012 videoafter a phenomenal series by the detroit tigers my wifes home team, and a big comefrombehind series for the san francisco giants, now is a good time to prepare for tomorrows start of. Safe at home mickey charles mantle was born in spavinaw, oklahoma, on october 20, 1931, the son of a minorleague player who never made it to the big leagues and named him after major leaguer mickey cochrane. Kill the umpire safe at home baseball double feature. The item is in good condition with moderate signs of wear, such as creases, toning and edge damage. With mickey mantle, roger maris, william frawley, patricia barry. Original trailer mickey mantle and roger maris play themselves in safe at home.
Roger mares was coming off a career season in which he won his second. Baseball in 1957, which may have helped light the marismantle movie idea in. The film also stars william frawley in his final film appearance and don collier, with appearances by new york yankees whitey ford and ralph houk. Mickey mantle and roger maris and shots of fort lauderdale spring training. Forced to put up or shut up hutch goes to spring training camp where he is lectured about honesty being the best policy. The 1962 safe at home is built around the presence of new york yankees stars roger maris and mickey mantle, who prove stiff but game playing themselves in the story of a little boy who gets in trouble for overstating his friendship with them. Cute movie with appeal for fans of baseball greats mickey mantle and roger maris. Yep, its baseball season, and in tribute to our national pastime, we at.
Most are from popular movies from the 70s and 80s, but there are also really old ones and relatively new ones as well. When his wife threatens to leave him unless he finds steady employment, a baseball fanatic reluctantly accepts a job as a minor league umpire, the lowest a man can get. The smell of ballpark franks, and were not just talking of the thomas variety. Find highquality safe at home stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Safe at home cinemasterpieces yankees baseball movie. It was not just a baseball movie, said maurice rosenfield, the films producer. The world premiere of baseball thriller safe at home, a play designed for a ballpark, opens next week at chs field, home of the st. Nov 23, 2007 this is a trailer for the final movie safe at home this 30 min piece will document a baseball mission trip to nicaragua in august 2007. Starring mickey mantle, roger maris, william frawley, bryan russell 1962 black and white 85 minutes not rated. Be safe at home and watch ken burns epic documentary. Mickeys father and grandfather who also never made it to the majors taught him how to play baseball, but more importantly also taught him how to. Most baseball films are also bombs at the boxoffice.
Mickey mantle, roger maris, william frawley summary. These movies will take you from backyard ball in the sandlot to pro women teams in a league of their own to the big leagues with jackie robinson, lou gehrig, and babe ruth. Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. William bendix, una merkel, ray collins, gloria henry. Autographed items sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to old date, old to new we carry a large selection of autographed items from todays stars and yesterdays heroes. After young hutch lawton bryan russell moves to florida with his widowed father, ken don collier, he tells his little league buddies that his dad knows the yankees, including roger maris. Listed below in chronological order is a list of every major motion picture where baseball is featured in the film or where one of the primary actors was a baseball player. Kill the umpire and safe at home reside cozily on this familyfriendly disc, a pair of entertaining movies about baseball crazy characters with very different reasons for getting close to the game.
Feb 14, 2014 baseball may seem like a safe, slow, noncontact sport, but in reality, we know exactly how dangerous it is. The first reel is a bit overcooked in the transfer, with the movies clear skies especially exhibiting very subtle, grilllike shadows during the first reel. With a portrait of abraham lincoln looking on, jackie robinson sat at the mahogany desk across from branch rickey, general manager of the brooklyn dodgers baseball team. Offered is a high grade example of this 11 x 14 inch individual lobby card for the mickey mantle and roger maris themed 1962 movie safe at home. Yep, its baseball season, and in tribute to our national pastime, we at rt have assembled a great. Can baseball keep catchers safe at home in pandemic. Baseball movies are simply great and anyone who has ever watched bang the drum slowly or the natural know exactly what baseball almanac is talking about. Safe at home cinemasterpieces baseball movie poster yankees mickey mantle 1962 ebay.
Featuring mickey mantle, jackie robinson, and roger maris. Jul 30, 2016 jesus blazed the path to resurrection, and jackie robinson blazed a path that opened up baseball to thousands of athletes. In baseball, as in a pandemic, things have to be done in order, in order to produce the proper result to return safely home. Baseball movies are, by nature, shorter, more efficient, more captivating and vastly more kevin costnery always a terrific thing than even the most. Mickeys father and grandfather who also never made it to the majors taught him how to play baseball, but more importantly also. Its a fun film that really brings back the feeling of being a cardcollecting, home run worshipping yankee fan during the early years of camelot. Joe mauer, twins 200418, catcher through 20, threetime. The kevin costner film about a novice farmer who lures the ghosts of shoeless joe jackson and his 1919 white sox teammates by building a baseball field in his corn field topped the comedy major league in the championship bracket.
While a runner is touching a base, he is usually not in jeopardy of being put out, and is thus safe from fielders actions. Jackie robinson must have been sorely tempted to ignore branch rickeys advice, especially on days like april 22, 1947, when the philadelphia phillies manager had three of his players pour insults on robinson. Kill the umpiresafe at home baseball movie double feature. This list has any film that has a baseball theme to it. Having recently moved to florida from new york, little leaguer russell tries to impress his new teammates by claiming that his widower father is a chum of ya. He returns to face his buddies with the truth to find the entire little. The possible exceptions were damn yankees, which was more of a musical, and the delightful bad news bears, which inspired several weak sequels and a brutal shortlived tv series. When a young boy brags of his nonexistent friendship with mickey mantle and roger maris, he travels to the yankees spring training camp to. The film is about a young florida boy who lies to his. Also, since the movie is fiction, he doesnt charge fans for signing an autograph. In baseball, a baserunner is safe when he reaches a base without being put out by various ways.
If youve got a young fan in the house, one of our best baseball movies is sure to be a home run. The baseball movie allstar team assembling the most. Offered is a 27x41 poster promoting the movie safe at home, which starred mickey mantle and roger maris. Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and i did it in one afternoon on the golf course. Original movie poster for safe at home 1962 6052 baseball heros mickey mantle and roger maris safe at home original columbia pictures three sheet poster 41x81. Stealing home is a 1988 american coming of age romantic drama film, written and directed by steven kampmann and william porter billed as will aldis. The release of the film coincided with the start of the 1962 baseball season.
All new and sealed videos young hutch lawton brags to his little league buddies that his dad knows mickey mantle and roger maris. The list is in no particular order other then the better films towards the top and the worst towards the bottom. He didnt go around the bases touching first, then second, then third and then home. And while we can certainly appreciate the deliberate pace of our nations storied pastime, we think we can all agree. List of baseball moviesamericas greatest pastime from. Best baseball movies rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Probably the most iconic scene in baseballmovie history is when former pitching phenomenon ray hobbs robert redford hits a home run, smashing the lights over the field to win the pennant. The 1950 kill the umpire stars william bendix as bill johnson, a working man so enamored of americas pastime that he regularly loses jobs because. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else.
Rickey asked robinson, according to arnold rampersads book, jackie robinson. Baseball double feature kill the umpire safe at home. Bang the drum slowly was acclaimed by time magazine as the best sports movie ever made. Its about people who happen to be baseball players. The film also stars william frawley in his final film appearance and don collier, with appearances by new york yankees whitey ford and ralph houk the film is about a young florida boy who lies to his little league teammates, telling them he knows mantle. The perfect catch when her high school boyfriend, a superstar baseball player, returns to town, a singleparent finds the inspiration to reinvent her struggling diner.
But the baseball stars turn him down, and hutch decides to tell his friends the truth. Mickey mantle, roger maris, bryan russell, and william frawley, with cameos from ralph houk and whitey ford. Young hutch lawton brags to his little league buddies that his dad knows mickey mantle. Safe at home directed by walter doniger, screenplay by robert dillon, produced by tom naud. In 1962 he made his television debut, appearing on dennis the menace and the dick powell theatre. While moneyball didnt make the cut, this movie is perfect for learning about the inner workings of the diamond. Hobbs then gracefully runs the bases as sparks from the lights fall over him while randy newmans beautiful score plays in the background. W 78 minutes not ratedwhen his wife threatens to leave him unless he finds steady employment, a baseball fanatic reluctantly. In the film billy wyatt, a washedup baseball player, is called back home to collect the ashes of his childhood. The younger russell was interested in sports, especially baseball, though he also occasionally acted. Mantle signed the poster in blue sharpie, which displays well.
We talked with a few catchers and the art of their craft now that all those pandemic movies of recent times seem more like documentaries. Having recently moved to florida from new york, little leaguer russell tries to impress his new teammates by claiming that his widower father. This is one of eight different lobby cards issued for the movie, but the only one which features both players along with other yankees, such as 1962 al rookie of the year tom tresh. Safe at home mickey mantle, roger maris, william frawley, patricia barry. Early in the film, some boys stop to watch two men on a bridge catch a fish. Nineyearold hutch tries to impress his little league teammates by claiming he and his father are friends with mickey mantle and roger maris, then runs away to spring training to try and convince the yankee superstars to. The first reel is a bit overcooked in the transfer, with the movie s clear skies especially exhibiting very subtle, grilllike shadows during the first reel. Highly rate this movie for baseball fans and parents who like a grated movie that has a positive message about being truthful and honest for the children. Rare movie where baseball icons of the 60s play themselves.
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