The toronto international film festival tiff has become first stop on the oscars buzz tour. Globetrotter owner isnt in it just for laughs the new. He becomes obsessed with getting these young black men the recognition he feels they deserve. The harlem globetrotters are an american exhibition basketball team. The film stars thomas gomez, bill walker, dorothy dandridge, angela clarke, and peter m. The harlem globetrotters is one of best movie released on 24 october 1951 starring harlem globetrotters, thomas gomez, dorothy dandridge, bill walker, angela clarke. The inspirational story of the famed basketball tricksters the harlem globetrotters is chronicled in this drama. Former harlem globetrotters icon fred curly neal has died, the team announced on thursday march 26. When they put the movie out, go man, go in 1951 or something like that, id spend all day in the theater watching the show. Poitiers character is inman jackson, the teams showboating center. This includes visiting hospitals, schools, and volunteering their time to.
Mass market paperback january 1, 1958 by dave zinkoff author. Theyve filmed their trick shot and comedy videos all. The globetrotters helped the gang solve the ghost of redbeard chase after getting lost in a swamp they meet up again while visiting shaggys uncle and again when they are going pinic island. Go go globetrotters was a midseason replacement on nbcs saturday morning lineup in the 197778 season. In 1954, a prequel to the harlem globetrotters, go man go, was released by united artists. Both have aired on the highnumbered cable networks, albeit very rarely the last time go, man, go was seen was in 2008 on the msg channel. With harlem globetrotters, thomas gomez, dorothy dandridge, bill walker. In depth information about the gogo globetrotters series, produced by hannabarbera studios. On his way home from the theater, rivers told his mother he wanted to be a harlem globetrotter, so she bought him a basketball at the local pawn shop and he started practicing his ball handling skills. Harlem globetrotterswindow cardsinternet movies poitiers. The movie stars sidney poitier, ruby dee, and the harlem globetrotters.
Harlems worldfamous basketball team, the globetrotters, had been thrilling audiences with their performances of dexterous and humorous skills on the court for about a decade when the harlem globetrotters 1951 was released, but the team was actually formed in 1926 by abe saperstein as a serious barnstorming team. Harlem globetrotters at age seven, larry rivers was fascinated by marques haynes ball handling skills in the movie go man go. The image is a nice caricature of three players doing what the globetrotters do best put on a show. The harlem globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team.
Never in his wildest imagination could he believe that he would get the opportunity to try out for the harlem globetrotters. He hasnt been a part of the teams lineup for more than two decades, but there are only a handful of names as immediately identified with the harlem globetrotters as the legendary curly neal. It is the one and only harlem globetrotters in an allnew, largerthanlife world tour. Trick shot artists dude perfect burst onto the scene six years ago and have since inspired hundreds of millions with their contagious go big philosophy. A chat with curly neal, curly neal interview, harlem. It was actually sort of a prequel to the film the harlem globetrotters, released three years earlier, in 1951. The cover image on the 33 rdyear program from 1959 was taken from the book go, man, go 1952 that became the second movie about the team.
Its nice to see sidney poitier even though his role is not much. As a kid, naves saw the harlem globetrotter movie go man go featuring sweetwater clifton, goose tatum and marques haynes and was in awe of what they could do with a basketball. The teams signature song is brother bones whistled version of sweet georgia brown. The true story of the harlem globetrotters and abe saperstein. The harlem globetrotters are famous basketball players that the mystery inc. It repackaged episodes of the harlem globetrotters cartoon with repeats from the herculoids, motormouse and autocat, and elements from cb bears, which debuted on nbc earlier in the season. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories. Clark plays abe saperstein, the organizer of the globetrotters.
The gogo globetrotters episode guides, cartoon characters and crew lists go go globetrotters was a twohour program that ran reruns of cbs animated the harlem globetrotters 197073, along with old episodes of c. Saperstein want billy to finish school first and get his degree. I anticipated more of the showmanship of the 1951 film the harlem globetrotters. Coach abe saperstein dane clark organizes a basketball team harlem globetrotters and takes them on the road. Abe saperstein, ownermanager of the worldfamous harlem globetrotters, an allnegro professional basketball team, signs billy townsend, an allamerican, to play with the globetrotters. A slrod productions film released by united artists. Special correspondent dave karger will be on the scene in toronto at the.
The movie tracks the globetrotters from humble beginnings through a triumph over a majorleague basketball team, as they struggle to overcome racial discrimination. Born fred neal, our man curly joined the trotters in 1963, and he dribbled and shot his. This film is pure basketball history complete with a great story line and some of the. Bright road movie, island in the sun movie, carmen jones movie, tarzans peril movie, the harlem globetrotters on gilligans island movie, the harlem globetrotters. Reece goose tatum joins the harlem globetrotters in the movie go man go 1954. Harlem globetrotters perform in a sports romance, go, man, go. Starring the harlem available at sunday internet movie poster. Dane clark is utterly believable as abe saperstein, even though he looks nothing like him. David naves national basketball retired players association. This movie directed by phil brown, will jason whom known as an famous movie director and have directed many interesting movies with great story telling.
Test movie trailer for a film about the harlem globetrotters and how a game against the minneapolis lakers broke the color barrier in the nba. The trotters began in the 1920s when a manager catches a group of talented players on the basketball court. Creating lasting family memories one smile and rimrattling dunk at a time. Following on the heels of the harlem globetrotters 1951, go, man, go. The gogo globetrotters episode guide cartoon series 1978. The story of abe saperstein and the creation of the harlem globetrotters. The harlem globetrotters are committed to making a positive impact and being ambassadors of goodwill everywhere they go. Go man go 1954 go man go is a 1954 movie about the famous basketball team the harlem globetrotters. Tickets movie theaters videos movie trailers moviefone s. With dane clark, patricia breslin, sidney poitier, anatol winogradoff. They combine athleticism, theater, and comedy in their style of play. What can you say about the harlem globetrotters that hasnt already been said.
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