Alibi Ike
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| Directed by | Ray Enright |
| Produced by | Edward Chodorov |
| Screenplay by | William Wister Haines |
| Based on | "Alibi Ike" 1915 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Ring Lardner |
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| Music by | Leo F. Forbstein |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Alibi Ike is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the short story "Alibi Ike" by Ring Lardner, the film is about an ace baseball player nicknamed "Alibi Ike" due to his penchant for making up excuses. After falling in love with the beautiful sister-in-law of the team manager, he is kidnapped by gangsters who want him to throw the last game of the season and the pennant.
Alibi Ike was the most successful of Joe E. Brown's "baseball trilogy" of films, which also included Elmer the Great and Fireman Save My Child. It is considered one of the best baseball comedies of all time.[1][2] Alibi Ike was the first feature film released starring Olivia de Havilland, although she made two previous films that were released later that year—The Irish in Us and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Plot summary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Frank X. Farrell (Joe E. Brown) is an ace baseball player whose insistence upon making up excuses earns him the nickname "Alibi Ike." In the course of his first season with the Chicago Cubs, Farrell also falls in love with Dolly Stevens (Olivia De Havilland), sister-in-law of the team's manager. Farrell's "alibi" habit prompts Dolly to walk out on him, whereupon he goes into a slump—which coincides with attempts by gamblers to get Farrell to throw the World Series.[3]
Cast
- Joe E. Brown as Frank X. Farrell
- Olivia de Havilland as Dolly Stevens
- William Frawley as Cap
- Ruth Donnelly as Bess
- Roscoe Karns as Carey
- Eddie Shubert as Jack Mack
- Paul Harvey as Lefty Crawford
- Joe King as Johnson, the owner
- G. Pat Collins as Lieutenant
- Spencer Charters as Minister
- Gene Morgan as Smitty
Production
Short story
The film is based on a short story written by Ring Lardner and first published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 31, 1915. The story is about Frank X. Farrell, a baseball player who continually makes excuses for everything that goes wrong or right. For example, when asked what he batted last year, Farrell says that he had had malaria most of the season, which is why he hit only .356. Lardner is said to have patterned Alibi Ike after baseball player King Cole.
Cameo appearances
In the film, several popular major league baseball players make cameo appearances, including Guy Cantrell, Dick Cox, Cedric Durst, Mike Gazella, Wally Hood, Don Hurst, Smead Jolley, Lou Koupal, Bob Meusel, Wally Rehg, and Jim Thorpe.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews June 29, 1935.
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/alibi-ike-v83417
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Look up Alibi Ike in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- 1935 films
- English-language films
- Articles using small message boxes
- 1930s romantic comedy films
- 1930s sports films
- American baseball films
- American romantic comedy films
- American films
- American sports comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by Ray Enright
- Short stories by Ring Lardner
- Warner Bros. films
