The Brooklyn Dodgers Movies
- 1956
The 1956 World Series, famous for Yankee Don Larsen's pitching the only perfect game in World Series history, is documented on this video. In addition to the highlights from Larsen's remarkable Game Five achievement, you will see the baseball greats from the New York Yankees and their rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, play some of the best baseball ever. You will watch both the Yankees' Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra hit three home runs in the series and Dodgers' Jackie Robinson swing the bat for the last time in a professional ball game as he retires from the Major Leagues. Game Six had to be decided in the tenth inning, after nine straight innings with no score but Game Seven proved to the world -- and to the Brooklyn Dodgers -- just how good the New York Yankees were. ~ Cecilia Cygnar, All Movie Guide
- 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
- 1953
In a battle of the boroughs, the Bronx Bombers beat the Dodgers of Brooklyn to capture the 1953 World Series. This tape brought to video by Major League Baseball is a recount of the six games that had Yankee legend and perennial bad boy Billy Martin batting .500 with 12 hits and eight runs batted in. This 30-minute black and white retrospective highlights such baseball 'gods' as Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson and the National Leagues Most Valuable Player, catcher Roy Campanella. By winning the '53 series the New York Yankees made history by capturing their fifth consecutive World Series championship. ~ C. Dwayne Smith, All Movie Guide
- 1949
The contestants had been determined. They would be the Yankees and the Dodgers. The Yankees would include DiMaggio, Berra, Rizzuto, Reynolds, Raschi, and Lopat. The Dodgers had Robinson, Campanella, Hodges, Snider, Newcombe, and Branca. This classic match-up allows the viewer to enjoy this vintage series of baseball games. The Yankees would eventually outplay the "Bums" of Brooklyn -- winning the series in five games to earn their 12th championship.
~ Linda J. Shriver, All Movie Guide
~ Linda J. Shriver, All Movie Guide
- 1947
1947 was an exciting time in baseball. It was the year Jackie Robinson crossed the color barrier and made his Major League debut. It was also the year that Leo Durocher was suspended for the entire season. This Subway Series between the two New York rivals features the outstanding performances of many legendary and sensational players: Yogi Berra's historic pinch-hit homer, Lavagetto's hit at the plate which shattered Beven's no-hitter, Joe DiMaggio's clutch homer play, and some wonderful plays be Page and Henrich. The Yankee triumph and win the world championship five out of the next six years. For some of the players like Bevens, Lavagetto, that was their last time they played in the Majors. ~ Forrest Spencer, All Movie Guide
- 1943
The last of three films starring Red Skelton as ace radio detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, Whistling in Brooklyn opens with Fox and girl friend Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford) making final preparations for a trip to Niagara Falls, where they intend to get married. Of course, they've made these plans before, and true to form, something comes up to derail the trip to the altar. The something this time is Constant Reader, a murderer who delights in taunting the police by letting newspapers know about his latest victims and where their bodies can be found. Through an error on his valet's part, the police come to believe that Wally is Constant Reader, forcing him to delay his plans, go undercover and search out the killer himself. After being chased through various warehouses and creaky old houses, Wally eventually ends up disguised as a member of a bearded baseball team playing the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Leo Durocher makes his screen debut, playing himself.) All gets straightened out in the end, and even the real Constant Reader is apprehended. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, (more)
