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The Winning Team
''The Winning Team'' is a 1952 biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee, and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby. It includes his heroic performance in three games in the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees, where the 7th inning strikeout of Tony Lazzeri is used as the game-ending, Series-winning pitch. The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952.'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', ''Variety'', January 7, 1953 Plot This movie starts with "Alex" (Ronald Reagan) working as a telephone lineman in Elba, Nebraska. While speaking with his boss, a man comes up to them and lets them know that there is an exhibition baseball game between the local farmers and those of a minor league baseball team. Grover Cleveland Alexander "Alex" runs to where that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Seiler
Lewis Seiler (September 30, 1890 – January 8, 1964) was an American film director. He directed more than 80 films between 1923 and 1958. Seiler was born in New York City and died in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography *''A Bankrupt Honeymoon'' (1926) *'' The Great K & A Train Robbery'' (1926) *''No Man's Gold'' (1926) *'' Wolf Fangs'' (1927) *'' The Ghost Talks'' (1929) *'' Girls Gone Wild'' (1929) *'' Frontier Marshal'' (1934) *''Charlie Chan in Paris'' (1935) *'' He Couldn't Say No'' (1938) *''Crime School'' (1938) *'' Heart of the North'' (1938) *''You Can't Get Away with Murder'' (1939) *'' Hell's Kitchen'' (1939) *''Dust Be My Destiny'' (1939) *'' King of the Underworld'' (1939) *''Tugboat Annie Sails Again'' (1940) *'' Flight Angels'' (1940) *''It All Came True'' (1940) *'' The Big Shot'' (1942) *''Beyond the Line of Duty'' (1942) *''Pittsburgh'' (1942) *'' Guadalcanal Diary'' (1943) *'' Something for the Boys'' (1944) *'' Whiplash'' (1948) *'' The Winning Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
