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Home Run on the Keys

  • 19371937
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  • 9m
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Home Run on the Keys (1937)
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Babe Ruth returns from hunting to a cabin shared with musicians Zez Confrey and Byron Gay where he regales them with stories. With Babe's help, they write a song about baseball which then de... Read allBabe Ruth returns from hunting to a cabin shared with musicians Zez Confrey and Byron Gay where he regales them with stories. With Babe's help, they write a song about baseball which then debuts on a radio show.Babe Ruth returns from hunting to a cabin shared with musicians Zez Confrey and Byron Gay where he regales them with stories. With Babe's help, they write a song about baseball which then debuts on a radio show.
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    • Roy Mack
    • Cyrus Wood
  • Stars
    • Babe Ruth
    • Zez Confrey
    • Byron Gay
    • Roy Mack
    • Cyrus Wood
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    • Babe Ruth
    • Zez Confrey
    • Byron Gay
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      Vitaphone production reel #2073.
    • Quotes

      Babe Ruth: What are you doing?

      Bryon Gay: Trying to get an idea for that broadcast next week.

      Babe Ruth: Well, why don't you play some of those songs? You know, those old hits of yours.

      Phil: You ought to give him some of *your* old hits.

      Babe Ruth: Don't mind about *my* old hits. The copyright is out on those.

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      Home Run on the Keys
      Written by Zez Confrey, Byron Gay and Babe Ruth (as Mr. Ruth)

      Performed by Zez Confrey, Byron Gay and Babe Ruth

      Performed by Vitaphone Orchestra conducted by David Mendoza with Babe Ruth

      [Babe briefly does a riff of the song at the cabin, with the full number, introduced by Babe, performed on the radio show]

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    ** 1/2 (out of 4)

    Decent Vitaphone short belongs in the Musical genre but I'm pretty sure it's baseball fans who are going to get the biggest kick out of it. What we have is Babe Ruth discussing music with some friends and he gives them the idea of putting a baseball song on the radio, which turns out to be the title number. We also have the DeMarco Sisters doing "On the Beach at Bali-Bali." That's pretty much all there is to this short. We get two musical numbers and neither one is all that impressive but the main reason to check this out is for getting to see the Babe. He certainly wasn't a great actor but I found him to be quite charming here. There's a scene where he's apparently playing the piano but since we never see his hands I'm going to guess that someone else was doing it.
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      • April 24, 1937 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Black and White
      • Mono

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