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1950 American biographical film

The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E.

Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the 40s")^[4] and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of bigots as he becomes the first African-AmericanMajor League Baseball player of the modern era.

The film is in part based on Robinson's own autobiography, My Own Story.^[5] The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States.^[6]

Plot

The film begins with Robinson as a boy.

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He is given a worn-out baseball glove by a stranger impressed by his fielding skills. As a young man, he becomes a multi-sport star at UCLA, but as he nears graduation, he worries about his future. His older brother Mack was also an outstanding college athlete and graduate, but the only job he could get was that of a lowly stre