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Sports on the Silver Screen

Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)

Movie · Released · 85 min · ★ 9.0

Documentary

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HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.

Cast

Liev SchreiberLiev SchreiberSelf - Narrator (voice)John G. AvildsenJohn G. AvildsenSelf (archive footage)Lauren BacallLauren BacallSelf (archive footage)Humphrey BogartHumphrey BogartSelf (archive footage)Charlie ChaplinCharlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage)Robert ChartoffRobert ChartoffSelf (archive footage)Jackie CooperJackie CooperSelf (archive footage)Billy CrystalBilly CrystalSelf (archive footage)Tony DanzaTony DanzaSelf (archive footage)Ruby DeeRuby DeeSelf (archive footage)Jack DempseyJack DempseySelf (archive footage)Walt DisneyWalt DisneySelf (archive footage)Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
Peter GentSelf (archive footage)Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi GoldbergSelf (archive footage)

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