Sports on the Silver Screen

"We'll have you cheering again."

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.

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Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator (voice)

Marv Albert

Marv Albert

Self (archive footage)

John G. Avildsen

John G. Avildsen

Self (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Robert Chartoff

Robert Chartoff

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Self (archive footage)

Tony Danza

Tony Danza

Self (archive footage)

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Self (archive footage)

Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Peter Gent

Self (archive footage)

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Self (archive footage)

Herb Goldman

Self (archive footage)

Harold 'Red' Grange

Harold 'Red' Grange

Self (archive footage)

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Self (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Self (archive footage)

Ed Herlihy

Ed Herlihy

Self (archive footage)

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Self (archive footage)

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

Self (archive footage)

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Jeffrey Lyons

Self (archive footage)

Pat Morita

Pat Morita

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Murcer

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Piersall

Self (archive footage)

Sam Rayburn

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Knute Rockne

Knute Rockne

Self (archive footage)

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

Self (archive footage)

Steve Sabol

Self (archive footage)

Gale Sayers

Self (archive footage)

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Self (archive footage)

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Self (archive footage)

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Self (archive footage)

Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton

Self (archive footage)

Joel Siegel

Self (archive footage)

J. Parnell Thomas

Self (archive footage)

Gene Tunney

Gene Tunney

Self (archive footage)

Irwin Winkler

Irwin Winkler

Self (archive footage)

Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl

Self (archive footage)