Babe Ruth King of Swat Film Case
Description
A slide of a color film case for the movie "Babe Ruth: King of Swat in Perfect Control." The case is a square, blue box that features a black-and-white drawing of Babe Ruth batting right-handed on the right side. Ruth wears a Yankees uniform and hat. At the top in red lettering with white striping in the center and a black background are the words "BABE RUTH." In the center and to the left of Ruth are the words "King of Swat in PERFECT CONTROL" in black lettering. In the far left is a wavy, red film strip. In the top area of the strip are the words "CASTLE FILMS" in white letters. In the bottom part of the red strip are the words "PRODUCED BY UNITED FILMS INC" in white letters. To the right and under Ruth's elbow in black letters are "8mm OR 16mm" and just underneath "SOUND ... PROJECTORS ... SILENT." The words and the drawing are laid over a blue-tinted photo of a baseball stadium.
(According to this source, https://stock.periscopefilm.com/xd11994a-babe-ruth-king-of-swat-in-perfect-control-1956-baseball-short-film/ the film has a 1956 copyright.)
Included in the description: King of Swat' film
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Picture Date
1937–1956