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The Pride of the Yankees: Directed by Sam Wood. With Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan. The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Sam Wood
- 1943-03-05
The Pride of the Yankees. The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 American sports drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan. It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, who died a year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral ...
This moving biographical drama follows the life of revered baseball player Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper). Championed by sportswriter Sam Blake (Walter Brennan), Gehrig eventually gets recruited by the ...
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- Gary Cooper
- Sam Wood
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
The Pride of the Yankees, American biographical film, released in 1942, about New York Yankees All-Star and baseball legend Lou Gehrig. With notable performances—especially by Gary Cooper in the title role—and an inspiring story, it is considered one of the best American sports films. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film ...
New York Yankees baseball teammates Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel and Mark Koenig, who appear as themselves in The Pride of the Yankees, constituted a group of players popularly known as "Murderers' Row." The film's last scene, in which Gehrig recites his famous farewell speech, took place before a game at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939.
