The daily lives of farmer’s daughters Dottie (Geena Davies) and Kit (Lori Petty) change when one day a talent scout comes along: he is looking for players for a female professional baseball league. Because in 1943 the men have other things to do, they are at war. While Dottie refuses because she would rather wait for her husband to return, Kit is on fire. And convinces her sister to agree – on this condition she can also come along. And so begins the film “League of Their Own,” in which Penny Marshall tells the loosely based story of two sisters who became the first female All-American Girls baseball players during World War II Professional Baseball League belonged. To mark the 30th anniversary of the film, the Film Museum is showing a new, digitally restored version on March 10th.
A few balls fly as the story progresses. Rather, it is about the story of very different women who pull together in a team. Madonna is also involved, quite bold as a former dancer – and still with the sexy tooth gap from her younger years. Together they take on their shabby coach, played by Tom Hanks, who believes women belong either in the home or in a man’s bed, or both at best. Refreshingly intelligent Hollywood entertainment that paints an apt picture of this era with numerous digs at male chauvinism.
In a class of its own, USA 1992, Thursday, March 10, 7 p.m. Filmmuseum
