Sports on the Silver Screen

We'll have you cheering again.

10.0
19971h 25m

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

Photo of Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator (voice)

Photo of Marv Albert

Marv Albert

Self (archive footage)

Photo of John G. Avildsen

John G. Avildsen

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Robert Chartoff

Robert Chartoff

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Tony Danza

Tony Danza

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Harold 'Red' Grange

Harold 'Red' Grange

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Ed Herlihy

Ed Herlihy

Self (archive footage)

Photo of James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Self (archive footage)

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