| Movie Review | The Journal of American History, 87.3

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Movie Review

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. Prod. by Aviva Kempner. The Coesla Foundation, 1999. 95 mins. (Cowboy Booking International, 6 West 24^th St., 2^nd Floor, New York, NY 10010)

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life. Prod. by Mark Zwonitzer. Lennon Documentary Group for the American Experience, 2000. 90 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698)

Biographies, whether film or print, often fall into one of two camps. One of these, the life-and-times format, utilizes the individual subject as a window upon the life of a particular society and era. The second, the psychobiography, attempts to analyze both the subject's public and private lives in search of deeper understanding of the self behind the actions. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg and Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life illustrate respectively these alternative approaches to biography—their promise and risks.

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life. Raised in a poor Italian fishing community in San Francisco, Joe DiMaggio joined the New York Yankees in 1936 and quickly became one of the brightest stars of baseball's golden age. In 1954 his celebrity status was confirmed when he married Marilyn Monroe; their marriage lasted 274 days. Courtesy the American Experience / ©Bettman / CORBIS.

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