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Sports on the Silver Screen

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.

Release Date: March 16, 1997

Status: Released

Genres:

Documentary

100

Cast

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator (voice)

John G. Avildsen

John G. Avildsen

Self (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Robert Chartoff

Robert Chartoff

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Self (archive footage)

Tony Danza

Tony Danza

Self (archive footage)

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Self (archive footage)

Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)