Introduction: the post-World War II consensus and the baseball film genre
The Babe Ruth story (1948) and the myth of American innocence
Taming Rosie the riveter: Take me out to the ball game (1949)
Getting a leg up in postwar America: The Stratton story (1949)
The American dream in service of the Cold War and civil rights movement: The Jackie Robinson story
Hollywood and assimilating the American Indian through sport: Jim Thorpe: all-American (1951)
The retreat to nostalgia: Grover Cleveland Alexander
Ronald Reagan, and The winning team (1952)
Education ain't no stumbling block to mobility: Dizzy Dean and The pride of St. Louis (1952)
Baseball and supernatural intervention: It happens every spring (1949), Angels in the outfield and Rhubarb (1951)
Baseball enlists in the Cold War: Strategic air command (1955)
Jimmy Piersall and freedom from want: Fear strikes out (1957)
The devil made me do it: Damn Yankees (1958)
Back to the future: Safe at home! (1962) within the American consensus.
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The baseball film in postwar America : a critical study, 1948-1962 by Ron Briley. ISBN 9780786461233. Published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
