Movie: The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Directed by: Alfred E. Green
Usage: Public Domain
Downloaded from: commons.wikimedia.org
The source: archive.org
Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackie_Robinson_Story_lobby_card.jpg
Good evening everyone! I’m your host Gail Nobles bringing to you a public domain classic about Jackie Robinson’s story of becoming a baseball player at the MLB. Major League Baseball. But first, I want to tell you a little bit about Jackie. He was more than a baseball player. In Junior High School, Robinson played several sports. He played football, basketball, track, and basketball.
Jackie was also a great actor. The Jackie Robinson story is starring Jackie himself, and Ruby Dee played as his wife Rae Robinson. The film is directed by Alfred E. Green. It is a 1950 film. The film focuses on Robinson’s struggle with the abuse of bigots as he becomes the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. So let’s begin now. The Jackie Robinson story.
