Early example of a baseball documentary about the NY Giants and Chicago White Sox on a world tour during the winter of 1913-1914. Considered the first feature-length baseball movie. Starring former baseball player Mike Donlin it is also an early example of the baseball biography genre. Another fictionalized biopic starring Ty Cobb. A college student becomes the NY Giants rookie secondbaseman.
Farm boy goes to college, becomes a baseball hero.
The Busher 1919 Small-town pitcher makes it to the big leagues. Early example of an instructional film with Babe Ruth demonstrating his ability with the bat. A contrived biopic starring Babe Ruth. Another Babe Ruth hagiograph. Second example of a cinematic rendition of the Ernest Thayer poem.