Aunt Mary (1979)

• Year: 1979
• Released: 05 Dec 1979
• Country: United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078810/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aunt_mary
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Unrated
• Genre: Drama, Sport
• Runtime: 98 min
• Writer: Ellis A. Cohen, Burt Prelutsky
• Director: Peter Werner
• Cast: Jean Stapleton, Martin Balsam, Dolph Sweet
• Keywords: baseball, disability,

7.3/10

Aunt Mary Storyline

The story is told over a couple of years of a disabled woman living in Baltimore, MD. The story opens in 1954 when the St. Louis Browns relocate to become the Orioles. Mary Dobkin sets up a baseball team of street kids to save them from juvenile delinquency. Because the team includes black and white kids she struggles with some of the authorities. After losing part of a foot before the movie takes place, she has half of her other leg amputated and believes she will be unable to coach for the 1955 season. She receives encouragement from a young boy who has his entire arm amputated at the same time in the same hospital. He learns to play, on her team with one arm. In the end, she takes on a girl for the outfield. A field is dedicated to her in Baltimore for the hundreds of children she coached.

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Awesome

This is one of the better movies I have seen in a while. Yes I recommend it. James Welch Henderson Arkansas. 8/27/21.

Good period piece

I grew up in Ball – timore at the time the Orioles came to town, so this movie has an extra appeal to me, since it nicely captures the feel of the city during that time, and I am a lifelong Orioles fan. Jean Stapleton nails the Baltimore accent like no one I’ve ever heard, and does a fine job in the lead role. The other male actors are good, the kids – not so much. It’s a predictable movie, but Stapleton makes it worthy of our attention. A superior movie along the same lines is “The Perfect Game.”

exceptionally moving family movie made for TV

This is a very unusual film. It’s the dramatization about a real-life woman who created and coached a baseball team in Baltimore in the late 1950s for underprivileged kids. Most kids wanting to play ball could afford nice uniforms and fancy equipment, but this team somehow manages to gain respect due to the strong efforts of this remarkable woman. However, when everything seemed to be working out so well, the sweet lady is diagnosed with cancer (or some other ailment) and must have her leg amputated. Her energy and drive quickly fizzle even though she does survive and overcomes the disease. However, she’s depressed and wants to stay shut up in her apartment and forget about the team. See the film. It’s predictable, sure,…but it’s so well-acted and written that it’s really engaging and worth a look.