The Winning Team

1952
Approved
1 Std. 38 Min.

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6,5/10

1160

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Doris Day and Ronald Reagan in The Winning Team (1952)

Biography Drama Family Romance Sport

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuNebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a com... Alles lesenNebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.Nebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

1160

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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According to TMC, Ronald Reagan had lobbied hard to play the title role in "The Stratton Story" (1949) but Warner Bothers didn't want to take a chance on a baseball film and passed on the project. After "The Stratton Story" became a huge hit, the studio picked up the Grover Cleveland Alexander story about another player who made a comeback after being forced from professional baseball.

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The film ends with the 1926 World Series, and Grover Cleveland Alexander retired from baseball in 1930, yet he is seen with a number on the back of his jersey, a practice that did not begin until 1931. Because he never wore a number on his uniform, there was no number for teams to "retire" for this great player. Therefore the Philadelphia Phillies retired the block letter-style "P" from their 1915 uniforms to honor Alexander.

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Aimee Alexander: [while Grover is hospitalized, having been beaned by a baseball] What's the matter?
Grover Cleveland Alexander: Nothing, I'm twice as good as I ever was... I'm seeing two of everything.

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Featured in Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992)

Soundtracks
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Jack Norworth
Played during the opening credits and sung by Doris Day

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7/10

Solid film role for Reagan, well done if dry bio-pic

In "The Winning Team" Reagan is the great early baseball star Grover Cleveland Alexander. Unimaginitive direction makes this film a little dry, but Reagan's solid performance as the pitcher who has a tragic accident early in his career and yet refuses to quit, is well worth the effort to watch it. Reagan gives a realistic portrayal of the flawed hero who makes a surprising comeback and with the help of his wife, and ignores the ugly rumors that surrounded his occasional blackouts. His performance on the field in the final moments, despite suffering from his affliction reflect the courage that it must have taken the real Alexander to stay at the helm till the ship sailed home. I recommend this film to anyone who likes baseball and certainly to fans of Reagan, who has been often disparaged as an actor, when it was usually the director or the film itself that was really bad. I also recommend Kings Row, Hasty Heart and Law and Order, all of which are solid Reagan films.