Grantland Rice

Grantland Rice

American sportswriter (1880-1954)

Henry Grantland Rice was a sportswriter, columnist, and poet from Tennessee known as the "Dean of American Sports Writers". He published three books of poetry, and coined the famous phrase that it was not important whether you “won or lost, but how you played the game.” His writing was known for its elegance and published in newspapers around the country, and broadcast on the radio. He and his writing are among the reasons that the roaring 1920s in the United States are sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age of Sports".

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 25 films (1924–1954) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 450 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1924 Big Top Champions. 1 reel 16mm silent
1929 Crystal Champions. Iowa Theatrical & Television Corporation 375 16mm B&W sound
1929 SPORT ALMANAC. 1 reel 16mm sound
1929 STAMINA. ▶ Pathe Exchange Inc. 4:00 16mm B&W sound
1932 SWIM OR SINK. Paramount Publix Corp. 1 reel 16mm Sound
1945 What a Picnic ▶ Grantland Rice Sportlight
1945 WHITE RHAPSODY Jack Eaton 10 min 16mm Color sound
1954 Hunting Thrills. Columbia Pictures Corp. 1 reel 35mm B&W sound
"Making Man-Handlers" at West Point ▶ Grantland Rice; Town & Country Films.
College Grapplers 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Floating Fun Sportlight 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Grantland Rice Sportlight. Spartan Diet. Grantland Rice Sportlight 3:00 16mm silent
Hook and Line and Melody 1 reel 16mm Sound
Manhattan Mariners 1 reel 16mm Sound
Pack and Saddle 1 reel 16mm Sound
Pigskin Progress 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Poise 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Riders of Riley 1 reel 16mm Sound
Ski Pilots 1 reel 16mm Sound
Speed Limits 1 reel 16mm Sound
Take Your Pick 1 reel 16mm Sound
Tigers of the deep 1 reel 16mm Sound
TIMING 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Water Bugs Grantland Rice Sportlight 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Younger Days 1 reel 16mm Sound