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A League of Their Own: Geena Davis
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As uneven as an amateur baseball game, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN has a degree of charm which is all but drowned out by sentimental overkill. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty) are two sisters recruited to play in the first all-womens' baseball league, formed during World War II to keep the sport alive while much of the male population--including Dottie's husband--are off at war. read more
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Almost all the actresses did their own baseball playing in A League of Their Own. With the exception of Anne Ramsay, no one used stunt doubles even though Geena Davies could do the splits but not while sliding at the same time to catch the ball. Many of the game scenes were filmed at Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana while League Stadium located at Huntingburg in the same state served as the homefield for the Rockford Peaches.
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The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II. The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion. Director Penny Marshall and screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel re-create the wartime era when women's baseball looked to stand a good chance of sweeping the country. The story begins as a candy-bar tycoon enlists agents to scour the country to find women who could play ball. In the backwoods of Oregon, two sisters -- Dottie (Geena Davis) and Kit (Lori Petty) -- are discovered. Dottie can hit and catch, while Kit can throw a mean fastball.
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During World War II, when much of the male population was in the trenches, the first all-women’s baseball league was formed. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty) are sisters recruited to keep the sport alive. Their teammates range from a former dance hall hostess to a home run slugger to a jersey girl to a couple of farmer’s daughters.
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Unfortunately, as talented and passionate as the women are about the league, it isn't grabbing the attention of America. Attendance is miserable, and Harvey is going to have a talk with the other owners about shutting down the league. Yet Ira Lowenstein (David Strathairn, Sneakers), Harvey's marketing guru, pleads with him to let the league go on. He understands what the girls are doing, and he cannot bear to see it shut down so soon. Harvey isn't completely open to Ira's idea, so Ira goes to the girls and asks them to add a little spice and flair to the games. And when the girls begin to do this—splits, fancy catches, free kisses—attendance picks up.
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When World War II threatens to shut down Major League Baseball, candy manufacturing magnate Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall) decides to create a women's league to make money. Ira Lowenstein (David Strathairn) is put in charge and scout Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) is sent out to recruit players.
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