Don Newcombe

Don Newcombe
Date of Birth: 14 Jun 1926
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 5 (Actor)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (5)
Pastime
Roy Dean Bream (Russ who co-starred on Boy Meets World) plays a veteran minor league hurler in 1957 tutoring young phenom fireballer Tyrone Debray (Plummer). This is Bull Durham taken seriously with cameos by Bob Feller, Duke Snider, Ernie Banks, Don Newcombe, Bill Mazeroski and Harmon Killebrew. A solid performance by Russ and Plummer but script wears down at the end. Well worth seeing though.
Only the Ball was White
Actor, Paul Winfield narrates a program that documents a time when men were denied access to the major leagues because of their race. The program includes interviews with players such as: Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Buck Leonard, Jimmy Crutchfield, David Malarcher, Effa Manley, and Quincy Trouppe.
1955, Seven Days of Fall
It chronicles the 1955 Brooklyn Dodger/New York Yankees World Series based upon the poem, '1955' by James T. Crawford. In unprecedented style, the presentation uniquely blends documentary elements of archival film footage, still images, narration, player and fan interviews, period music, and recital of the poem to recount this timeless story over 50 years later. Like many greats, 1955 Seven Days of Fall now resides in the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, NY.
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Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
The life and career of the great baseball champion, Hank Aaron.
When It Was a Game
This film consists solely of 8mm and 16mm film taken by players and fans from 1934 and 1957. All but a few minutes of the film are in color. Included is color footage of past major league players and ballparks, many of the parks now defunct. Also included are literary readings, remembrances by former players, and baseball related music.