Highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.Highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.Highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.
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Eddie Baker
- Baseball player
- (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
- Batter
- (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
- Donkey Keeper
- (uncredited)
Cotton Warburton
- Center Fielder
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the one donkey and rider run out of the ball park, they go out into Culver City and stop along the sidewalk in front of the Bank of Italy (which became the Bank of America). This is the same place that several scenes in Charley Chase's classic Limousine Love (1928) were shot.
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Strange Sport
Donkey Baseball (1935)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Early Pete Smith short takes a look at the fad that swept through the country during the 1930's (or so the film says). Donkey baseball pretty much has the title telling you what the sport is but in case you missed it, it's playing baseball while on a donkey. There are a few changes in this version as games last for 13 innings, feature forty-run games and also players must stay attached to their dear donkey at all times. I pride myself in being a somewhat smart fellow when it comes to baseball and I know a lot of its history but I must admit that I had never heard of this "alternate" version until seeing this film on Turner Classic Movies. The oddball sport is certainly something to see and I would have liked to have had a straight documentary. Being a short from Smith we have some stuff done over the top just for laughs so it was hard to tell how much was real and how much was just for laughs. Either way, it's easy to see why this sport isn't being played today.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Early Pete Smith short takes a look at the fad that swept through the country during the 1930's (or so the film says). Donkey baseball pretty much has the title telling you what the sport is but in case you missed it, it's playing baseball while on a donkey. There are a few changes in this version as games last for 13 innings, feature forty-run games and also players must stay attached to their dear donkey at all times. I pride myself in being a somewhat smart fellow when it comes to baseball and I know a lot of its history but I must admit that I had never heard of this "alternate" version until seeing this film on Turner Classic Movies. The oddball sport is certainly something to see and I would have liked to have had a straight documentary. Being a short from Smith we have some stuff done over the top just for laughs so it was hard to tell how much was real and how much was just for laughs. Either way, it's easy to see why this sport isn't being played today.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Apr 18, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Pete Smith Oddities (1934-1935 Season) #8: Donkey Baseball
- Filming locations
- Culver City, California, USA(Washington Boulevard)
- Production company
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- Runtime9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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