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On Friday, April 7 -- in between the first two home games of the Phillies' 2023 season -- the Secret Cinema will present Batter Up: Rare Baseball Films. This, our first ever sports-themed program, will include an assortment of little-seen reels about America's pastime, dating from the 1920s through the 1950s. We'll show newsreels, documentaries and cartoons. Local focus includes looks at the Phillies "Whiz Kids" 1950s World Series games, and grand old man of baseball Connie Mack…plus films about Babe Ruth and an umpire training school.
There will be one complete show at 8:00 pm. Admission is $10.00
The screening will be our second visit to the Old Pine Community Center, at the Northwest corner of 4th & Lombard Streets in Center City, steps away from South Street restaurants and shopping.
A few highlights of the program include:
World Series of 1950 (1950, Dir: Lew Fonseca) - Historic footage featuring game-by-game highlights of the Major League Baseball championship that pitted the Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Yankees, in Shibe Park (later renamed Connie Mack Stadium) and Yankee Stadium. The 1950 Phillies earned the nickname "the Whiz Kids," with such star players as Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, Jim Konstanty, Del Ennis and Andy Seminick (the Yankees roster included Hall of Famers Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto and manager Casey Stengel). The film was sponsored by sports equipment manufacturer A.G. Spalding.
RKO Sportscope No. 4: Connie Mack (1950) - A theatrical short subject made to mark the retirement of the man born as Cornelius McGillicuddy, but known to all as Connie Mack, the grand old man of baseball. Mack is shown in his Shibe Park office, surrounded by souvenirs of his 66 year career as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. Newsreel clips highlight his life and his many honors. Narrated by Red Barber.
The Umpire in Baseball (1940s, Dir: Lew Fonseca) - More than you ever knew about umpires! Big league umpires Bill McGowan. Babe Pinelli, Art Passarella, and George Barr show a school for umpires, and some of their work in the Major Leagues. Director Lew Fonseca was a former baseball player (including on the 1925 Phillies), manager and radio announcer. He produced a popular series of films for the American and National Leagues between 1943 and 1969, which were offered free of charge to groups for non-theatrical screenings. He also narrates this one.
Plus Fence Buster: The Story of Babe Ruth (1948), The Magnetic Bat (1928) and more!
