Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981)

Actors: Jimmy Hawkins (producer), Clifton Davis (actor), Jim Davis (actor), Ossie Davis (actor), Jack Elliott (composer), Stanley Rubin (producer), Tom Brocato (miscellaneous crew), Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), Richard A. Colla (director), Cleavon Little (actor), John Beradino (actor), Beverly Todd (actress), Danny Arnold (producer), Gloria Gifford (actress), Tonea Stewart (actress),

Plot: Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues and later in the major leagues. Traces his life from his troubled youth, including his life in a detention school for Negroes, to his highs and lows in baseball and in his personal life.

Keywords: african-american, baseball, character-name-in-title, historical-event, racism
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport,

Dizzy & Daffy (1934)

Actors: Lloyd French (director), Richard Cramer (actor), Samuel Sax (producer), Jack Henley (writer), Roscoe Ates (actor), Shemp Howard (actor), Dolph Singer (writer), Dizzy Dean (actor), Paul 'Daffy' Dean (actor),

Plot: One baseball fan is excited that Lefty Howard, straight from the big league, is playing for the Farmer White Sox. Another wonders why, if he is so good, the big league let him go. Meanwhile, in the locker room, Lefty Howard brags about his baseball prowess and tries to show off by demonstrating his "fade away." The half-blind Howard throws the ball and breaks a mirror instead of the empty bottle he was aiming for. Two other players - Jerome Dean and his brother, Paul - look on. Jerome shows up Howard by knocking over the ball himself. The day's game goes badly. Even with his coke-bottle glasses, Howard can't tell the difference between a picture on a billboard and an actual player in left field. The umpire, "Call 'Em Wrong" Jones, does neither team any favors by calling a strike when he can't stutter past the word "ball." Things improve when Jerome takes over the pitching. Both brothers get a publicity boost when Lefty nicknames them: Dizzy and Daffy Dean. Later, a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals decides he wants the Deans for the big league.

Keywords: advertising, bad-eye-sight, baseball, baseball-catcher, baseball-field, baseball-pitcher, baseball-player, baseball-scout, baseball-team, baseball-umpire
Genres: Comedy, Short, Sport,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Baseball Fan: [off-screen] Oh, boy, with Lefty Howard, Farmer White Sox are going to sew up the pennant in no time.

[last lines]::Lefty Howard: Wait a minute, wait a minute. I've been robbed. I had a bird on my shirt. Now, I can't even find the feathers. I've been robbed.