{"id":43426,"date":"2019-04-23T10:24:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T17:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43426"},"modified":"2021-01-04T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T17:23:18","slug":"winning-team-the-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43426","title":{"rendered":"Winning Team, The (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It isn&#8217;t enough that I believe in him &#8212; baseball&#8217;s got to believe in him, too.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Poster-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Poster.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nFarmer-turned-pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan) finds support from his loving wife (Doris Day) while pursuing a career in major league baseball &#8212; but after being hit in the head, his vision and stability are never quite the same. Will Alexander be able to make a come-back?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baseball<\/li>\n<li>Biopics<\/li>\n<li>Doris Day Films<\/li>\n<li>Rise-and-Fall<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Reagan Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis unexceptional biopic about Baseball Hall-of-Famer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander\">Grover Cleveland Alexander<\/a> is likely included in Peary&#8217;s <em>GFTFF<\/em> (1986) both because it starred then-president Ronald Reagan in one of his final roles before turning to politics, and because it centered on Peary&#8217;s favorite sport. Unfortunately, Alexander&#8217;s tragically complicated story &#8212; involving an early work-place accident, war-induced PTSD, alcoholism, and unacknowledged epilepsy &#8212; is framed as a dual tale of &#8220;never give up&#8221; can-do-ism and selfless marital support (together, Reagan and Day are a &#8220;winning team&#8221;). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day-1024x781.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Day.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baseball fans will likely enjoy seeing numerous cameos by real-life stars &#8212; as well as footage from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1926_World_Series\">1926 World Series<\/a>, featuring Babe Ruth &#8212; but others needn&#8217;t bother seeking this one out. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Baseball.png 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sidney Hickox&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Winning-Team-Cinematography2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0045332\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/12906\/the-winning-team#articles-reviews?articleId=314034\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2074reag.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1952\/06\/21\/archives\/review-1-no-title-the-winning-team-story-about-grover-cleveland.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It isn&#8217;t enough that I believe in him &#8212; baseball&#8217;s got to believe in him, too.&#8221; Synopsis: Farmer-turned-pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan) finds support from his loving wife (Doris Day) while pursuing a career in major league baseball &#8212; but after being hit in the head, his vision and stability are never quite the same. Will Alexander be able to make a come-back? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Baseball Biopics Doris Day Films Rise-and-Fall Ronald Reagan Films Review: This&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43426\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43426"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61525,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43426\/revisions\/61525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}