"Alibi Ike" 1915 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Ring Lardner
Produced by
Edward Chodorov
Starring
Joe E. Brown
Olivia de Havilland
William Frawley
Cinematography
Arthur L. Todd
Edited by
Thomas Pratt
Music by
Leo F. Forbstein
Production company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
June 15, 1935 (1935-06-15) (US)
Running time
72 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Alibi Ike is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland and William Frawley. Based on the short story of the same name by Ring Lardner, first published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 31, 1915, the film is about an ace baseball player nicknamed "Alibi Ike" for his penchant for making up excuses. Lardner is said to have patterned the character after baseball player King Cole.
Alibi Ike was the most successful of Joe E. Brown's "baseball trilogy" of films, which also included Elmer, the Great and Fireman, Save My Child. It is considered one of the best baseball comedies of all time.[1][2]Alibi Ike was the first feature film released starring Olivia de Havilland, although she made two previous films that were released later that year—The Irish in Us and the all-star Shakespeare epic A Midsummer Night's Dream, which also starred Joe E. Brown in a key role.
A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress.[3]
^Erickson, Hall. "Alibi Ike". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
^Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews June 29, 1935.
^Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) page 4 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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