Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Ray hears a voice whispering to him, 'If you build it, he will come.' Despite skepticism and opposition, Ray plows under his cornfield to build a baseball field. Soon after, deceased baseball players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox team appear and play on the field. The field attracts public attention and leads Ray on a journey to find 1960s author Terence Mann and 1920s ballplayer Moonlight Graham. Ray's perseverance pays off as he reconnects with his deceased father and opens the field to the public, fulfilling the prophecy of people coming to watch baseball.
When a baseball umpire loses his job, he takes on various odd jobs to support his family. Along the way, he gets mixed up with hijackers, lynch mobs, and even becomes a radio announcer. Despite all the chaos, he never loses his love for the game.
Allan Jones stars as hotshot baseball player Johnny Norton, in Havana for spring training. It turns out that Johnny has a beautiful singing voice, but only when he's suffering from a cold. Enterprising nightclub manager Barney Crane (William Frawley) attempts to inflict poor Johnny with cold germs, resulting in unchecked zaniness whenever our hero recovers sufficiently to lose his voice. The film's 63-minute running time manages to accommodate the drunken comedy relief of Hugh O'Connell and Jack Norton, and an abundance of musical numbers, courtesy of Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, the Horton Dancing Group, the Jivin' Jacks and Jills and Grace & Nicco.
The Atomic City is a suspenseful movie that takes place in the Cold War era. It revolves around the story of a nuclear scientist whose son is kidnapped by a foreign agent. The scientist teams up with the FBI to rescue his son and prevent a catastrophic event involving nuclear weapons. The movie is filled with espionage, suspense, and last-minute rescues, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats.
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.
A baseball team full of anthropomorphic animals play on.
Andy invests the money his wife gave him to pay the bills into a sure-fire money-making scheme, a girl's softball team made up of out-of-work chorus girls. Mrs. Clyde is, to say the least, not amused.
Arthur, who has been out the night before, is late to breakfast, much to the annoyance of his wife. When he finally makes his appearance in the dining room he finds that he has no appetite, and after a stormy scene he leaves for the office. Arthur's grouch hangs on until he encounters his friend, John. Both are ardent baseball fans, and a discussion of the game revives the husband's spirits to such an extent that he decides to send his wife a box of flowers as a peace offering.
'Local Heroes' combines exhaustive research, rare archival film footage, fascinating still photography and revealing original interviews to bring viewers a fill range of the area's diamond history, from its mythical beginnings with Ballston Spa native Abner Doubleday to Heritage Park in Colonie - and everything in between.
Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.
To avoid getting a speeding ticket, Gus poses as a doctor rushing a patient to the hospital for surgery.
In this story he comes to the rescue of a baseball team and becomes the star pitcher and hitter.
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