I really enjoyed this enchanting little baseball movie! Charles Ray carries this film with his personality and ease in this role! Ray plays the "busher", a talented small town ballplayer with aspirations for the big leagues, but when that chance actually transpires, he becomes corrupted by the big city and finds that his heart for baseball lies in his roots and the support of the hometown folks! A young Colleen Moore and John Gilbert are excellent too, with Gilbert seeming to glory in his role of the conceited bad boy who tries to steal Moore away from greenhorn Ray. But Charles Ray is the real star with his vulnerability and ease in this part! He has a natural athleticism that makes him seem at home on the baseball diamond too! This movie is a precursor to later baseball movies such as The Natural where the main character loves the game, but is corrupted by outside influences, only to be redeemed by returning to his pure and natural mainspring.
Review of The Busher
