American Experience
Season 12 Episode 14 - Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
An atmospheric profile of Joe DiMaggio (1914-99), baseball's "Yankee Clipper," explores how and why he played what narrator (and co-writer) Richard Ben Kramer calls "the hero's game" by projecting -- and zealously guarding -- an image of effortless elegance on and off the field. On the field, the Yankees won nine World Series in the 13 years he played for them. Off the field, former teammate Jerry Coleman describes DiMaggio's short-lived marriage to Marilyn Monroe this way: "She was the greatest woman in the world and he was the greatest man."
Episodes in Season 12
1
New York (1): The Country and the City
55 min
2
New York (2): Order and Disorder
55 min
3
New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow
55 min
4
New York (4): The Power and the People
55 min
5
New York (5): Cosmopolis
55 min
6
Eleanor Roosevelt
55 min
7
Houdini
55 min
8
Nixon's China Game
55 min
9
The Duel
55 min
10
John Brown's Holy War
55 min
11
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1)
55 min
12
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2)
55 min
13
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
55 min
14
Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
55 min
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15
The Wizard of Photography
55 min
