Pee Wee Reese Movies
- 2005
From their early days in Brooklyn, where the Dodgers year after year vainly went up against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees until winning the World Series in 1955, to the present day, with the team (now based in Los Angeles) holding the record for the third most victories in major league history, few baseball teams have enjoyed as storied a history or enjoyed as passionate a fan following as these boys in blue. Dodger Blue: The Championship Years is a documentary (produced in affiliation with Major League Baseball) that traces the history of the Dodgers from the club's formation to the 2004 season, and profiles such legendary ballplayers as Jackie Robinson, Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Pee Wee Reese, Maury Wills, Fernando Valenzuela, Kirk Gibson, and Steve Garvey. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1957
Originally telecast live and in color, this NBC special would be especially valuable to see again, especially if one is a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fanatic. Emceed by Gene Kelly, the 90-minute extravaganza brings together dozens of special guests from Baseball and Showbiz to commemorate in song, sketch and story, the opening of the 1957 baseball season. Among the special's many highlights: The introduction of 1956's MVPs, Mickey Mantle and Don Newcombe; comedy playlets starring the likes of Robert Alda (father of Alan Alda) and Ed Gardner of Duffy's Tavern radio fame; songs performed by Janis Paige, Tony Bennett, and ventriloquist Paul Winchell (with the help of dummy Jerry Mahoney); a "dream outfield" segment built around Stan Musial, Leo Durocher and Ted Williams; a "baseball rock-n-roll" specialty sung by Bill Hayes; old-time baseball newsreel clips, narrated by radiocaster Mel Allen; and a special closing messege, delivered by then-Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick (long before his vilification as the architect behind the "asterisking" of Roger Maris' 61st homer). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gene Kelly, Robert Alda, (more)
- 1955
After years of succumbing to the New York Yankees in the World Series, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally won it all in 1955. The "Subway Series" at Ebbets Field was a dramatic one that marked the first and only World Series triumph by Brooklyn. The video documents the exciting series action, including the seventh game heroics of Sandy Amoros and Johnny Podres that clinched the victory for the Dodgers. ~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
