The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
- Directed by
- Alfred Edward Green
- Genre
- biographical film, sport film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rated
- B-15
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Jackie Robinson plays himself in this film about his life. It shows the prejudice and abuse he faced as he became the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball.
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What happens
The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the 40s") and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with bigotry abuse as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. The film is in part based on Robinson's own autobiography, My Own Story. The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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