Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)

We'll have you cheering again.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 25M

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
Self - Narrator (voice)
Marv Albert
Marv Albert
Self (archive footage)
John G. Avildsen
John G. Avildsen
Self (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Self (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Robert Chartoff
Robert Chartoff
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal
Self (archive footage)
Tony Danza
Tony Danza
Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Self (archive footage)
Jack Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Peter Gent
Peter Gent
Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Self (archive footage)
Herb Goldman
Herb Goldman
Self (archive footage)
Harold 'Red' Grange
Harold 'Red' Grange
Self (archive footage)
Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)
Ed Herlihy
Ed Herlihy
Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Self (archive footage)
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye
Self (archive footage)
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Self (archive footage)
Jeffrey Lyons
Jeffrey Lyons
Self (archive footage)
Pat Morita
Pat Morita
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Murcer
Bobby Murcer
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Piersall
Jimmy Piersall
Self (archive footage)
Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Knute Rockne
Knute Rockne
Self (archive footage)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
Self (archive footage)
Steve Sabol
Steve Sabol
Self (archive footage)
Gale Sayers
Gale Sayers
Self (archive footage)
Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg
Self (archive footage)
Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
Self (archive footage)
Ron Shelton
Ron Shelton
Self (archive footage)
Talia Shire
Talia Shire
Self (archive footage)
Joel Siegel
Joel Siegel
Self (archive footage)
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Self (archive footage)
J. Parnell Thomas
J. Parnell Thomas
Self (archive footage)
Gene Tunney
Gene Tunney
Self (archive footage)
Irwin Winkler
Irwin Winkler
Self (archive footage)
Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl
Self (archive footage)

Crews

Leslie D. Farrell
Leslie D. Farrell
Writer
Frank Deford
Frank Deford
Writer
Leslie D. Farrell
Leslie D. Farrell
Producer
Ross Greenburg
Ross Greenburg
Executive Producer
Jonathan Crystal
Jonathan Crystal
Associate Producer
David Salamone
David Salamone
Editor

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