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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Excuses Interfere with Romance in “Alibi Ike,” Starring Baseball Fan Joe E. Brown


One of three baseball movies by this lifelong sports fan was also the debut of a future Hollywood legend.
by Rich Watson

If Joe E. Brown is remembered by modern movie audiences, it’s for his scene-stealing turn in Some Like it Hot, the gender-bending comedy with Marilyn Monroe in which Brown seduces Jack Lemmon in drag. It’s Brown who utters that film’s famous last line, “Well, nobody’s perfect!

Long before that career-redefining role, Brown was a headlining actor in a number of comedies from the thirties, in particular baseball films. One of those was a romantic comedy co-starring a young woman taking the first step on a long journey to superstardom: Olivia de Havilland.