Too bad there was no spell-check in 1952 when this film was made, because they managed to spell Pittsburgh as "Pittsburg" in large letters when the Philadelphia team was playing in the Steel City. Wonder how that one slipped past the editors?
shareExactly. I caught the movie this morning on cable - I remember seeing this years ago on NYC's "Million Dollar Movie". After so many viewings via "MDM", I know the dialogue by heart.
I also caught the omission of the 'h' in Pittsburgh. I wonder as well how it got by the editors, etc. It's like finding Fredric March's name misspelled at the end credits of "The Best Years of Our Lives" - "Frederic" - shame on them.
Not NECESSARILY a typo... the city was often spelled "Pittsburg" in the 1800s. The "Pittsburgh" spelling became official only in 1911. You'll often see it without the "h" in old newspapers and baseball cards from the early 20th century.
(Having said that, it's still quite possible that the thing you saw in the film was not an attempt at historical accuracy, but the work of some dummy who truly didn't know how to spell it!)
Actually, believe it or not, the "standardized" spelling we are used to *today* didn't really come into being until the latter part of the '50's. Witness the number of times Tokyo is spelled "Tokio" in old 1940's war movies.
shareFrom 1890-1911, the city was spelled P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G.
The original spelling, with the unusual "H" at the end was restored after a public campaign.
Look at the title card for the film Range Feud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjsSqS93GWg
It's one thing to make a mistake in a city's name.
But in the movie's TITLE???
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Screwtape: "Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick."
this, from the most famous baseball card of all time.....
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/HonusWagnerCard.jpg