Trivia for
The Babe Ruth Story (1948) More at IMDbPro »

• The film was rushed for release while Babe Ruth himself was still alive, which is why the movie ends the way it does. Ruth died shortly after the premiere, which he attended.
  
  
• Lee Miller's first film.
  
  
• The scene at Yankee Stadium was shot hours before a real game was scheduled, and Babe Ruth came from his death bed to see it.
  
  
• William Bendix actually hit a ball over the right field fence (and was the first actor to do so).
  
  
• Dorothea Kent final film.
  
  
• Joe Flynn's film debut.
  
  
• "The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 21, 1948 with William Bendix and Charles Bickford reprising their film roles.
  
  

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