The Pride of the Yankees

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Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.

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7.6/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 10 nominations total

Trivia
In reality, Gary Cooper was decidedly not a fan of baseball and required extensive coaching in order to look even passable on a baseball diamond. In fact, he had never played the game before, even as a youth, and had never even seen a baseball game in person until he was hired for this film.

Goofs
As Gehrig (Cooper) is doing his homework at Columbia, he writes with his right hand. Whilst Gehrig batted and threw left-handed, like many lefties of the era (perhaps because of "correction" in school), he wrote with his right hand.

Quotes
[last lines]
Lou Gehrig: [his farewell speech]
Lou Gehrig: Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth... play ball!

Crazy credits
Opening credits acknowledgment: Appreciation is expressed for the gracious assistance of Eleanor Gehrig (as Mrs. Lou Gehrig) and for the cooperation of Ed Barrow (as Mr. Ed Barrow) and the New York Yankees arranged by Christy Walsh.

Alternate versions
A colorized version is available.

Connections
Featured in Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992)

Soundtracks
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(1908) (uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Played during the opening credits and often in the score

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Made me even more of a baseball fan

After seeing this movie, I went out and bought the Ken Burns documentary on Baseball. It's amazing how nice of a guy Lou Gherig was! He was a true gentleman. He brought his Mom to ALL THE GAMES. He was a true hero as well. I liked this movie and it was very sad to see Lou get stiff toward the end of the movie. Babe Ruth played himself and that was no hard task for him. I bought this movie it was so darn good.