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, 55minutes
Directed by Lawrence C. WindomOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Sports films,
Baseball filmsActors William Sheer,
Margaret Seddon,
James A. Marcus,
Ralf Harolde,
Ann Brody,
Ricca AllenRating51%
Ruth stars in the film, playing himself, but the details of his life are completely fictionalized. In the film, Ruth comes from a small country town and has a loving home life, but in real life, he grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and spent most of his childhood in a reformatory [1]. In the film, shades of the baseball movie The Natural, Ruth cuts down a tree to make his own bat.