A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own is a 1992 American comedydrama film that tells a fictionalized account of the reallife AllAmerican Girls Professional Baseball League AAGPBL. Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, and Lori Petty. The screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel from a story by Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson.
In 1988, Dottie Hinson attends the opening of the new AllAmerican Girls Professional Baseball League AAGPBL exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame. She sees many of her former teammates and friends, prompting a flashback to 1943.When World War II threatens to shut down Major League Baseball, candy magnate and Cubs owner Walter Harvey persuades his fellow owners to bankroll a womens league. Ira Lowenstein is put in charge, and Ernie Capadino is sent to recruit players. Capadino goes to an industrialleague softball game in rural Oregon and likes what he sees in Dottie, the catcher for a local dairys team. Dottie does not take Capadinos offer, preferring to live the simple life she has in Oregon while waiting for her husband Bob to come back from the war. Dottie is convinced, however, by her sister and teammate Kit Keller. ........
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