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Nov 23, 2011 originally published in movietone news 52, october 1976 like most films with a baseball setting, the bingo long traveling allstars and motor kings is not essentially about baseball. The celluloid sorceress presents the bingo long traveling all. Tired of the slavelike treatment of his teams owner, charismatic star negro league pitcher bingo long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the midwest in the 1930s. May 02, 2016 read book the bingo long traveling allstars and motor kings. Not that baseball is altogether a bad thing for a movie to be about though in these days of the oncegreat sports waning popularity a real baseball. Bingos team becomes so outlandishly entertaining and successful, it begins to cut into the attendance of the established negro league teams. The novel tells the story of a baseball team that revolts from a tyrannical negro league owner and spends the 1939 season barnstorming around the. Tired of being treated like a slave by team owner sallison potter ted ross, charismatic star pitcher bingo long billy dee williams steals a bunch of negro.
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