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Stratton Story
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302922936
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 6302922933
Label: MGM (Warner)
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: June 30, 1994
Running Time: 106 minutes
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1949-06
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Editorial Review:
James Stewart and June Allyson enjoyed one of their gee-whiz pairings in The Stratton Story, a baseball biopic with an easy swing. Stewart plays Monty Stratton, who, according to the film, is a country boy plowing the back forty when a transient scout (Frank Morgan) discovers him and hooks him up with the Chicago White Sox. Stratton has a couple of great years, only to be accidentally shot in a hunting accident, which results in his leg being amputated. If you think this is the end of the story, you might want to check the fact that The Stratton Story was one of the biggest box-office hits of 1949. The film rests on director Sam Wood's eye for outdoors American spaces--a country road, small-time baseball parks--and on the can-do chemistry of Stewart and Allyson, whose first teaming this was. (The Glenn Miller Story and Strategic Air Command would follow.) Audiences adored the lanky Stewart playing off the tiny, low-voiced, indomitably perky Allyson, even if the material is as programmed as a studio pitch meeting. Lovers of nostalgic baseball pictures won't have any problem with the cornball script (a few big-league cameos pass by, notably Bill Dickey). Agnes Moorehead is Stratton's down-home Maw, though she's mostly restricted to a backlot farmhouse. It won an Oscar for best original story, back when they gave Oscars for that. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Genuinely Delightful
This movie is based on a true story, which always makes for the best kind of movie! And it is genuinely delightful. The picture quality is very clear, so much so, that the people I was watching the movie with couldn't believe it was a movie from the forties. Jimmy Stewart does an excellent job of portraying Stratton, a "country" baseball player from Texas who makes it to the majors and then wounds himself while hunting for rabbits. Resulting in the amputation of his leg. June Allyson is so ... Read More
Rating: - Great Come Back!
True Story Marty Stratton, who pitched for the Chicago White Sox in the 1930's. After consective 15-win seasons in 1937-38, Marty's career was on the rise, when before the 1939 season, he had an accident that cost him his right leg. The movie shows how he, with the help of his wife, started pitching again. Through he never pitches in the majors again he did pitch again. Great movie to show how you can come back and do things you love even if you are disabled.
Rating: - Fun old Jimmy Stewart movie
I love old movies and what was not to love with Jimmy Stewart in this one.
Rating:  - Standing Strong
The Stratton Story is a film about a baseball hero (James Stewart), a man who fought hard to go from being a farmer to a major name in pitching for the Chicago White Sox. Through his persistence and good attitude, he was able to begin an ideal life with a wife (June Allyson), to take care of the farm where his mother (Agnes Moorhead) lived, maintain his friendship with the man who got him his start (Frank Morgan), and have children. However, an accident left him without a right leg and therefore out ... Read More
Rating: - A must have for Jimmy fans
This is a GREAT story about a Baseball player from a small town. Even though life throws him a few curve balls he still manages to make the most of the situation. The characters are lovable, and this story is one you'll take into your heart.
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