After the Babe, baseball great Mickey Mantle was one of the most revered players in the history of the NY Yankees. Tags:mickeymantleyankeesbaseball Added: 13th August 2007 Views: 436 Rating: Posted By:Naomi
Another musical performance by someone totally out of his element: Babe Ruth sings--sort of. Tags:BabeRuthsings Added: 7th October 2007 Views: 352 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
Although Babe Ruth had been dead for 25 years, he was still being used to promote Corn Flakes in this 1973 ad. Tags:BabeRuthCornFlakes Added: 16th October 2007 Views: 321 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
A classic scene from WC Fields' "The Old Fashioned Way." The Great Man goes up against Baby Leroy, with Jan Duggan as the babe's mom, who do their best to spoil his dinner.
Tags:wcfieldstheoldfashionedwaybabyleroycomedy Added: 25th November 2007 Views: 370 Rating: Posted By:Sophia
In 1932 Babe Ruth appeared in a series of short films designed to teach baseball fundamentals and promote the sport. In Fancy Curves, the Babe teaches the finer points of the game to a group of sorority sisters. I'm sure the Babe enjoyed the female companionship of the babes. Tags:BabeRuthFancyCurves Added: 15th December 2007 Views: 266 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
Newsreel footage of a testimonial for an ailing Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium in 1947 and of his funeral in 1948. Tags:BabeRuthfuneraltestimonial Added: 12th January 2008 Views: 251 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
Babe Ruth was never too busy to publicize a cause. Here is a photo circa 1923 showing the Bambino promoting the Girl Guides' annual cookie sale. (Look at the size of the cookie in the Babe's mouth! I don't remember them ever being that big!) Tags:BabeRuthGirlGuidecookies Added: 28th April 2008 Views: 119 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964