kind of a real d**k<\/a> most of the time, yet he knew how to shoot this scene right, and had the budget to do it justice.)<\/p>\nIt was ONE TAKE. That boggles my mind. Although, if you re-watch this after having your jaw drop completely from your skull, you might notice the sax player ducking his head multiple times to avoid getting kicked in the cranium by tap shoes. This was obviously rehearsed quite a bit.<\/p>\n
Forgive me for the heavy political stuff above\u2026 but I think you\u2019ll agree that clip makes up for it. Don\u2019t watch the full Paul Robeson documentary if you don\u2019t want to (although it is really good), but you MUST WATCH that Nicholas Brothers dancing scene, and I promise it will make you happy you clicked on this link, even if you don\u2019t feel like watching tonight\u2019s movie.<\/p>\n
The Jackie Robinson Story<\/em> is nowhere NEAR as good as that magnificent clip; it\u2019s super-low-budget, it\u2019s was shot fast and cheap. Yet, for its time, I think it\u2019s alright. I like it. And that\u2019s good enough for me.<\/p>\nI promise a shorter intro for future Movie Nights! We won\u2019t be having any theological ramblings when God convinces a mean cussy manager to get Nicer for Angels In the Outfield<\/em>. I just thought a longer intro was appropriate for the first Movie Night. And definitely appropriate for the great Jackie Robinson.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s the upcoming schedule:<\/p>\n
November 14: Long Gone<\/em> (1987)<\/strong><\/p>\nTV movie about a fictional last-place minor-league team. I\u2019ve never seen this, but it\u2019s also free on YouTube. The Wiki page says \u201cit\u2019s the best baseball movie most of you never saw.\u201d<\/p>\n
November 21: Angels in the Outfield<\/em> (1951)<\/strong><\/p>\nA mean, cussy manager learns to be nicer, with the help of some divine intervention and a very-lovely Janet Leigh. This is free on Internet Archive. Spanish subtitles you can\u2019t turn off, but they won\u2019t hurt you.<\/p>\n
November 28: Bull Durham<\/em> (1987)<\/strong><\/p>\nAbout a experienced catcher and experienced groupie who teach a young pitcher a thing or two. Written\/directed by Ron Shelton, no relation to Twins manager Derek Shelton\u2026 but Ron DID play on a team with Derek\u2019s dad. It\u2019s available on Bezos Prime, but also on free streamers Plex, Pluto, Roku, and Tubi (with commercials, probably how I\u2019ll watch it). It\u2019s on the free library streamer Kanopy, and on library DVD.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got some good ideas for future ones if we do this more, and all movie suggestions are absolutely welcome & wanted!<\/p>\n
But, until then, pop your popcorn, and let\u2019s start the show at 7:30!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hiya, folks! By not-so-popular demand, we\u2019re starting TwinkieTown Movie Night! Cue up the movie at 7:30, watch and make comments! Yes, last week, I proposed 7:00. But one good soul suggested 7:30, and nobody disagreed, so 7:30 it is. Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll give you things to watch in the meantime. 1950\u2019s The Jackie Robinson Story […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2141986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[408767,408766,408765,404411,23152],"class_list":["post-2141985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-american-black","tag-black-characters","tag-branch-rickey","tag-jackie-robinson","tag-story"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TwinkieTown-Movie-Night-The-Jackie-Robinson-Story.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141987,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141985\/revisions\/2141987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2141986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}