Yankees–Red Sox rivalry Curse of the Bambino", criticizing the Red Sox for the sale of Babe Ruth, and publicized the curse. When the Red Sox were at Yankee Stadium during a weekend in September 1990, Yankees fans started to chant "1918!" to taunt the Red Sox, reminding them of the last time they won a World Series. Each time the Red Sox were at Yankee Stadium afterward, demeaning chants of "1918!" echoed through the stadium. Yankees fans also taunted the Red Sox with signs saying "1918!", "CURSE OF THE BAMBINO", pictures of Babe Ruth, and wearing "1918!" T-shirts each time they were at
The Curse of the Cat People "Cat People" (1942). James Agee, for instance, referred to the film's expression of "the poetry and danger of childhood". While "Variety" rated "The Curse of the Cat People" as "highly disappointing", "The New York Times'" Bosley Crowther called it "a rare departure from the ordinary run of horror films [which] emerges as an oddly touching study of the working of a sensitive child's mind". The film's reputation has grown since its initial release. Film historian William K. Everson found the same sense of beauty at work in "The Curse of the Cat People" and Jean Cocteau's "La Belle et la