The Babe Ruth Story

The Babe Ruth Story is a 1948 baseball film biography of Babe Ruth, the famed New York Yankees slugger. It stars William Bendix New York Yankee batboy in the 1920s as the ballplayer and Claire Trevor as his wife. It was rush released to news of Ruths declining health, and makes no mention whatsoever of Ruths first wife, Helen. Critics panned the films heavyhandedness and direction, and it is said by many to be one of the worst films ever made.

Reviews were negative, citing the films moments of heavyhandedness, including a scene where Babe cures a paraplegic boy just by saying hello in passing, as well as a contrived reenactment of Babe Ruths famous World Series home run against the Chicago Cubs. Ruth delivers on a promise he made to a young cancer patient that he would hit a home run. Not only does Ruth succeed in fulfilling the promise, but the child immediately shows signs of improvement. Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe called The Babe Ruth Story the worst movie I ever saw while The Washington Times stated that the film stands as possibly the worst movie ever made. The film has been called one of the worst sports films ever by Newsday and The A.V. Club, and called one of the worst biopics by Moviefone and Spike. Michael Sauter included it in his The Worst Movies of All Time book and Leonard Maltin called it perfectly dreadful. The Cinema Snob, played by Brad Jones, reviewed this movie on his web series. The reviews note how inaccurate the movie is with the real Babe Ruth, making him out to be a naive and clownish manchild with a geeshucks attitude. While Ruth loved life, drank, ate massive meals and womanized, he was never a fool.

Source: Wikipedia