Worst Babe Ruth film?

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Ok, which Bath Ruth film sucked more? The 1948 William Bendix film or the 1992 John Goodman film?

[ol' aches and pains]

Sorry, but to make an informed choice I'd have to watch both films again, and that's not going to happen.

[BigRon]

It's been about a thousand years since I saw the Bendix film. I really wanted to like the Goodman film but was really really unhappy with it. I knew it was in trouble in the first 10 minutes when they showed The Babe as a fat kid in the orphanage.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Sorry, but to make an informed choice I'd have to watch both films again, and that's not going to happen.

Same here, two of the worst sports movies ever.
Did not depict the real Babe.

[EdTarbusz]

The John Goodman film is like watching Casablanca when you compare it ot he Bendix version.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Ok, which Bath Ruth film sucked more? The 1948 William Bendix film or the 1992 John Goodman film?

It's a coin flip HWR.
Depicting Ruth as a big clumsy oaf.

Babe and Claire were not satisfied with William Bendix playing Babe. I don't recall the actor Claire wanted to play the part but he was involved in another movie at that time. It was believed that Hollywood was not willing to wait because they were aware Babe had only weeks to live and they wanted the movie get the movie out around the time of his death. The movie's first showing was July 26, 1948 and he passed away August 16, 1948.
The mover was panned by most critics.

The other stinker, Goodman movie, another loser.

Not sure and I will never know because I will never watch it again, there was one scene if I recall correctly that was absurd.
Babe hits a home run and when he gets to first base........... a pinch runner take over for him. Why, I don't recall , maybe suffering a hang over, can't remember, but even some luke warm fans know this never happens in the real game.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

There is one very good Babe movie, made for TV and shown in 1992, looked everywhere can't find it.
Title "The Babe" starring Stephan Lang, this is a very good one..................I'm still looking for it.

[BigRon]

The John Goodman film is like watching Casablanca when you compare it ot he Bendix version.

Impossible- it was toooooo bad.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

There is one very good Babe movie, made for TV and shown in 1992, looked everywhere can't find it.
Title "The Babe" starring Stephan Lang, this is a very good one..................I'm still looking for it.

I've been wanting to watch this movie for years. It good pretty good reviews.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/27/sp...-of-riley.html

I still find it amazing that no one has ever made a definitive film of Babe Ruth. If done right a Babe Ruth film today could be a huge moneymaker and give casual fans an accurate view of Ruth, not the fat oaf caricature.

[EdTarbusz]

Impossible- it was toooooo bad.

The Goodman movie is a bad baseball film. The Bendix movie is a terrible film.

[Melottfan]

Both. Both prints should be taken out and burn. Perhaps a waste of matches?

[Honus Wagner Rules]

I like this Ruth film!

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Fricking hilarious!!!

[Nimrod]

Both. Both prints should be taken out and burn. Perhaps a waste of matches?

Throw in the print to COBB with the two of Ruth and I`ll provide all the matches needed!

[The Commissioner]

Sorry, but to make an informed choice I'd have to watch both films again, and that's not going to happen.

Amen to that! That's like asking which brand of cigarettes is the most harmful to your lungs. I'm sure there's an answer, but I'm not volunteering to be the guinea pig.

[Captain Cold Nose]

The Bendix film was kind of typical for movies in 1948. A lot of dripping sentimentality in the wake of the war. It was a bad film but very much a product of its time.

There is absolutely no excuse for the Goodman film to have come out as it did. It should have known better. It probably did, but I'm convinced "Hollywood" had nothing more than contempt for its audience, which is why films like "The Babe" still get made to this day.

[ian2813]

I've never seen the Bendix movie except for that clip that was posted. If that's anything to go by, I can understand why it's so universally panned.

I have seen "The Babe" in its entirety, and while I was hardly impressed, I didn't think it was as horrible as it's often made out to be (damning with faint praise, I know). It's interesting in that clip how "Babe" swings down on the ball and somehow hits a home run.

[epaddon]

I've been wanting to watch this movie for years. It good pretty good reviews.

I have my 1992 off-air recording still. It is a good production that sticks to history quite well, showing some proper complexity in the relationship with Huggins, and also making the point that Ruth was his own worst enemy when it came to why he never got to manage. Nice bit of continuity too with "Eight Men Out" in having John Anderson reprise his role as Commissioner Landis.

[SteveJRogers]

I still think the best actor to ever portray Babe Ruth was that guy they got for Pride of The Yankees.

Damn fella looked and sounded like the guy! I can't seem to remember the name...George something...

[chicagowhitesox1173]

I still think the best actor to ever portray Babe Ruth was that guy they got for Pride of The Yankees.

Damn fella looked and sounded like the guy! I can't seem to remember the name...George something...

Thats interesting, I never knew they had so many real players portray themselves in the movie. Bill Dickey, Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel Mark Koenig. I need to rewatch that one.

[Nimrod]

Thats interesting, I never knew they had so many real players portray themselves in the movie. Bill Dickey, Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel Mark Koenig. I need to rewatch that one.

I believe I remember seeing the former Dodger slugger Babe Herman making an appearance in a locker room scene.I know that he was used in the movie in long shots of Cooper hitting because he,unlike Cooper,was left-handed and had the same body build as Cooper(tall and lanky).If you see a tall,lanky fellow that looks like Eleanor Roosevelt in one of the "team" scenes then that is Herman.Some shots of the right-handed Cooper hitting were reversed to make him appear left-handed like Gehrig though.

[csh19792001]

Throw in the print to COBB with the two of Ruth and I`ll provide all the matches needed!

I always thought "Cobb" was a great baseball picture. Straight drama. Especially in the realm of *baseball* movies, which have been horrendous, on the whole. Historically speaking? Mostly fantasy and literacy whimsty, of course. Good God, almost totally so. This is Hollywood, gents.

That said, this was a vastly better film than the Ruth movies.

True, it greatly hyperbole/hype and negative bull**** machine that surrounds Cobb's legacy. Perhaps permanent damage.

Fast forward to 3:15

My great grandfather saw Cobb quite a bit in 1915. The impression Cobb made on him stuck with him for the rest of his life, and he always reveled in recounting the stories. Just as in the movie, he said Cobb controlled the game once on the basepaths.

Great opening, interspersed with quite a bit of real historical footage

[Orioles5]

I thought both movies were terrific. Two of the best comedies I have ever seen.

[64Cards]

The Bendix film was kind of typical for movies in 1948. A lot of dripping sentimentality in the wake of the war. It was a bad film but very much a product of its time.

There is absolutely no excuse for the Goodman film to have come out as it did. It should have known better. It probably did, but I'm convinced "Hollywood" had nothing more than contempt for its audience, which is why films like "The Babe" still get made to this day.

Agreed. The Goodman film gets my vote for the same reason.

The stephen Lang made for tv Ruth movie was pretty good. Most historically accurate, although that's not saying much because the 2 other Babe movies portray him as realistically as "Hogan's Heroes" depicted Nazi Germany.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Agreed. The Goodman film gets my vote for the same reason.

The stephen Lang made for tv Ruth movie was pretty good. Most historically accurate, although that's not saying much because the 2 other Babe movies portray him as realistically as "Hogan's Heroes" depicted Nazi Germany.

May not be saying much if compared to the other two Babe movies, but the Stephan Lang Babe movie on it's own alone was very good. Lang even put on some pounds to play the part. Have not been able to find that one anywhere, it's worth watching.
I did record it off of TV on a VHS tape, remember those. But I threw some out and may have tossed that one in with the rest.