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Alibi Ike

1935, Movie, NR, 73 mins

Alibi Ike: Review

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Throughout the 1930s, rubber-faced, wide-mouthed comedian Joe. E Brown starred in films with sports themes, including three baseball features: FIREMAN SAVE MY CHILD (1932), ELMER THE GREAT (1933), and this film, perhaps the best of his diamond comedies. He plays Frank X. Farrell, a heavy-hitting rookie pitching sensation with the Cubs who finds an excuse for every mistake he makes, earning him the nickname "Alibi Ike." When not engaging in on-field antics, Farrell falls for Dolly (Olivia de Havilland, in her film debut), the team owner's sister-in-law, and proposes to her, though she turns him down. As the Big Game approaches, Brown is kidnaped by gamblers, but manages to escape and, after a wild chase, returns to the playing field just in time to save the game and win Dolly. A one-time semiprofessional ball player who spent a number of weeks practicing with the New York Yankees, Brown was a baseball fanatic: not only was he a part owner of the Kansas City Blues, but his contract with Warner Bros. stipulated that they provide him with his own team, the Joe E. Brown All-Stars. ALIBI IKE, like ELMER THE GREAT, was adapted from a story by short story writer Ring Lardner. leave a comment
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