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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089218490490
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 222 minutes
Sales Rank: 39622
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1931
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Clumsy
This was nothing more than a vehicle for a football superstar. Hollywood did the same for a few other sports figures, such as, Babe Ruth, with much the same results. Red Grange was a great halfback at the University of Illinois--he once scored four touchdowns against favored Michigan in 12 minutes. But he couldn't act a lick. It's downright shameful what the director allowed to happen. But if it's any consolation, none of the others in this serial could act any better. This is just a clumsy ... Read More
Rating:  - A football hero goes Hollywood
"The Galloping Ghost" was a famous sports nickname in the early 1920s. That was when a sportswriter gave the moniker to Harold 'Red' Grange, after he ran to gridiron glory for the University of Illinois. Red's most remarkable achievement came in a 1924 game against Michigan, when he returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, and went on to score three more TDs in the first quarter!
When Hollywood called in 1931, Grange quickly proved that as an actor he was a superb running ... Read More
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