Review of The Babe Ruth Story

I have seen this movie many times and, though it has its flaws, it captures the essence of the man AND the myth better than any other made about this American icon. Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, and William Frawley all give fine performances in this film which is part fact, part fiction, and part legend. Bendix, to his credit, did much better immortalizing Ruth than Goodman did in his lame attempt to humanize and make pitiable someone who, arguably, lived and performed at a level that was, for lack of words, superhuman. This movie was touching, funny, and, most of all, respectful to the memory and legend of Ruth. If you don't cry at the end of this movie, you just don't get it.