"Big Leaguer" movie with Edgar G. Robinson ...

[Chuck Davis]

Do you know where I can find this movie? Made in 1953.

I've searched the web & can only find where it says 'out of print'. I saw it on AMC or TCM last year at the beginning of the baseball season.

Thanx in advance.

Chuck Davis
[email protected]

[donzblock]

Do you mean Edward G. Robinson?

[Chuck Davis]

"Do you mean Edward G. Robinson?"

yes - i do....

it seems i never get his name straight & i've watched & enjoyed so many of his movies - particularly this one.

thanx,

chuck

[shlevine42]

Originally posted by Chuck Davis
"Do you mean Edward G. Robinson?"

yes - i do....

it seems i never get his name straight & i've watched & enjoyed so many of his movies - particularly this one.

thanx,

chuck

It might be easier to remember if you used his real name -- Emmanuel Goldenberg.

Not to be confused, of course, with Leonard Rosenberg. That would be Tony Randall.

[Greenpeach]

Originally posted by shlevine42
It might be easier to remember if you used his real name -- Emmanuel Goldenberg.

Not to be confused, of course, with Leonard Rosenberg. That would be Tony Randall.

I can say unequivocally that Robinson was the greatest Romanian Jewish actor of the last century.

[donzblock]

Kirk Douglas has a hell of a name. Is it true that Robinson was born with a cigar in his mouth? In "The Ten Commandments," I kept waiting for him to light up.

[Greenpeach]

Originally posted by donzblock
Kirk Douglas has a hell of a name. Is it true that Robinson was born with a cigar in his mouth? In "The Ten Commandments," I kept waiting for him to light up.

"Where is your messiah now ? !" One of the most miscast roles in cinema history.

[donzblock]

Originally posted by Greenpeach
"Where is your messiah now ? !" One of the most miscast roles in cinema history.

I thought he said, "Mother of Mary, could this be the end of your messiah?"

[The Real McCoy]

No compilation of this sort would be complete absent the classic line uttered (or uddered) by Bernie Schwartz, in a mercifully forgotten, Middle Ages. "knights on horeseback" epic:

Yonder, lies da castle of my fadder".

[shlevine42]

Originally posted by The Real McCoy
No compilation of this sort would be complete absent the classic line uttered (or uddered) by Bernie Schwartz, in a mercifully forgotten, Middle Ages. "knights on horeseback" epic:

Yonder, lies da castle of my fadder".

Schwartz was terrific in "The Defiant Ones," and brilliant in "Some Like It Hot," but that one line from "The Black Shield of Falworth" will surely be his epitaph.

[Greenpeach]

Originally posted by shlevine42
Schwartz was terrific in "The Defiant Ones," and brilliant in "Some Like It Hot," but that one line from "The Black Shield of Falworth" will surely be his epitaph.

You forgot to mention his stellar performance in "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan". After all, this is a baseball message board.

[The Commissioner]

Lest we forget Spartacus? Great movie, and a fine peformance by Curtis, but that "I love you like I loved my fadder" line always makes me cringe. It almost makes me forget about the wristwatches they're all wearing in the battle scenes.

[Dennis J]

Does anyone know where I can obtain/buy a copy of this movie, The Big Leaguer? Dennis J [email protected]

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Do you know where I can find this movie? Made in 1953.

I've searched the web & can only find where it says 'out of print'. I saw it on AMC or TCM last year at the beginning of the baseball season.

Thanx in advance.

Chuck Davis
[email protected]

Here is a photo of Edward G Robinson as a new york giant from this movie.

[The Commissioner]

Oh wow, I just read that both Al Campanis and Carl Hubbell actually appeared in this film. I still can't find where to locate a copy of it, though.