Photo Gallery: Private reception for baseball great Jackie Robinson movie “42”
Delano Robinson, 79, speaks at a reception before a private screening of the movie 42 at Arclight Theaters in Pasadena on Friday, April 12, 2013. Robinson is sister-in-law to the late Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball. Robinson wears an original warm up jacket that Jackie Robinson used. The film is about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers player Jackie Robinson, a Muir Tech, Pasadena City College and UCLA alumnus. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Betty J. Ford, a writing strategist and historian from Pasadena, talks about baseball player Jackie Robinson to Pasadena City College students Alan Palmer, left, and Brandon Greene, center, at a reception before a private screening the movie 42 at Arclight Theaters in Pasadena on Friday, April 12, 2013. The film is about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers player Jackie Robinson, a Muir Tech, Pasadena City College and UCLA alumnus. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A large crowd was invited to a private screening the movie 42 at Arclight Theaters in Pasadena on Friday, April 12, 2013. The film is about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers player Jackie Robinson, a Muir Tech, Pasadena City College and UCLA alumnus. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Delano Robinson, 79, came for a private screening the movie 42 at Arclight Theaters in Pasadena on Friday, April 12, 2013. Robinson is sister-in-law to the late Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball. The film is about the life of Jackie Robinson, a Muir Tech, Pasadena City College and UCLA alumnus. Delano Robinson wore an original Jackie Robinson warm up jacket to the event. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Marnetta Kimbell of Pasadena listens to speakers at a reception before a private screening the movie 42 at Arclight Theaters in Pasadena on Friday, April 12, 2013. The movie is about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball. Robinson is a Muir Tech, Pasadena City College and UCLA alumnus. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Pasadena City College baseball player David Halstead passes out posters at a reception before a private screening the movie 42 at Arclight Theaters in Pasadena on Friday, April 12, 2013. The film is about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers player Jackie Robinson, a Muir Tech, Pasadena City College and UCLA alumnus. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)