The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed.

Since the first baseball movie (Little Sunset) in 1915, Hollywood has had an on-again, off-again affair with the sport, releasing more than 100 films through 2001. This is a filmography of those films.
Each entry contains full cast and credits, a synopsis, and a critique of the movie. Behind-the-scenes and background information is included, and two sections cover baseball shorts and depictions of the game in non-baseball films. An extensive bibliography completes the work.

Hal Erickson is the author of numerous media-related books and was for many years a primary editor of the All-Movie Guide website. He lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Hal Erickson
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 560
Bibliographic Info: 89 photos, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2010 [2002]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4497-7
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0785-6
Imprint: McFarland

Preface and Acknowledgments     1
Introduction     5
Baseball Movies     25
Baseball Short Subjects     481
Baseball in Non-Baseball Films     499
Bibliography     515
Index     521

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