When you learn you are about to see a comedy called "Getting To the Ball Game", you don't expect that the principal comedian, Arthur Houseman, one of the two great "drunk" comics of the 1930s, will get there easily. You expect that bizarre events will arise, delaying him as the game advances towards the 9th inning. You expect that he will overcome each obstacle in a surprising and funny manner, leaving until the last moment the question of his arrival a matter of comic suspense. You expect a movie that makes you laugh, or at least smile.
Nothing like any of that happens in this movie.
When it came out, in fact, this movie was advertised on the strength of it showing highlights from an important game. It was the game in which the 1914 New York Giants were mathematically eliminated from the National League Championship. You don't see any of that either. You do get to see some of the players, though.
Nothing like any of that happens in this movie.
When it came out, in fact, this movie was advertised on the strength of it showing highlights from an important game. It was the game in which the 1914 New York Giants were mathematically eliminated from the National League Championship. You don't see any of that either. You do get to see some of the players, though.
