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The Pride of the Yankees (1942) -- Baseball star Lou Gehrig overcomes the odds to become a legend in the game.

Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   4,178 votes
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Director:
Sam Wood
Writers:
Paul Gallico (story)
Jo Swerling (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
5 March 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Family | Romance | Sport more
Tagline:
THE Private LIFE OF A GREAT Public HERO! (original print ad - mostly caps) more
Plot:
The story of the life and career of the famed baseball player, Lou Gehrig. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
 (From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
Oscar-Winning Actress Teresa Wright Dies at 86
 (From WENN. 8 March 2005)
User Comments:
Nice Movie About A Great Player and Genuinely-Nice Man more (44 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Gary Cooper ... Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig

Teresa Wright ... Eleanor Twitchell
Babe Ruth ... Babe Ruth

Walter Brennan ... Sam Blake
Dan Duryea ... Hank Hanneman
Elsa Janssen ... Christina 'Mom' Gehrig
Ludwig Stössel ... Henry 'Pop' Gehrig (as Ludwig Stossel)
Virginia Gilmore ... Myra Tinsley
Bill Dickey ... Bill Dickey
Ernie Adams ... Miller Huggins
Pierre Watkin ... Frank Twitchell
Harry Harvey ... Joe McCarthy
Bob Meusel ... Bob Meusel (as Robert W. Meusel)
Mark Koenig ... Mark Koenig
Bill Stern ... Bill Stern
Addison Richards ... Jim
Hardie Albright ... Van Tuyl
Edward Fielding ... Clinic doctor
George Lessey ... Walter Otto, Mayor of New Rochelle
Edgar Barrier ... Hospital doctor
Douglas Croft ... Lou Gehrig, as a boy
Gene Collins ... Billy
David Holt ... Billy, at 17
Ray Noble and His Orchestra ... Themselves
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ed Agresti ... Barber (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander ... Bellhop with flowers (uncredited)
Walter Anthony ... Merril (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley ... Lathered man in barber shop (uncredited)
Bettye Avery ... Nightclub singer (uncredited)
Becky Bohanon ... Little girl (uncredited)
Lynton Brent ... Photographer in hospital (uncredited)
Roy Brent ... Yankee ballplayer (uncredited)
Betty Brewer ... Little girl (uncredited)
Don Brodie ... Girl show barker (uncredited)
Charles Cane ... Plumber (uncredited)
Jack Carr ... Plumber (uncredited)
Burr Caruth ... Village storekeeper (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler ... Motorcycle cop #2 (uncredited)
Lane Chandler ... Mark, Yankee player in locker room (uncredited)
Bill Chaney ... Newsboy (uncredited)
Jack Chapin ... Photographer (uncredited)
Janet Chapman ... Tessie (uncredited)
Spencer Charters ... Mr. Larsen (uncredited)
Porter Chase ... Weight guesser (uncredited)
Dane Clark ... Fraternity boy (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin ... Wallpaper hanger (uncredited)
Hal Cooke ... Man in cab (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper ... Motorcycle cop #1 (uncredited)
John Daheim ... Reporter in hospital (uncredited)
Eva Dennison ... Mrs. Worthington (uncredited)
Lester Dorr ... Disappointed fan #1 (uncredited)
Lorna Dunn ... Clinic nurse (uncredited)
Peter Du Rey ... Photographer in hospital (uncredited)
Jim Farley ... Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Faylen ... Yankee third base coach (uncredited)
Walter Fenner ... Dentist (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty ... Yankee ballplayer (uncredited)
Charles Flynn ... Fraternity boy (uncredited)
Rosina Galli ... Mrs. Fabrini (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ... Tunnel of Love barker (uncredited)
Vaughan Glaser ... Doctor in Gehrig home (uncredited)
Mary Gordon ... Maid (uncredited)
George Guhl ... Second paper hanger (uncredited)

Eddie Hall ... Reporter in hospital room (uncredited)
Harry Hayden ... Department store manager (uncredited)
Vinton Hayworth ... Fraternity boy (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian ... Furniture mover (uncredited)
John Hiestand ... Announcer (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins ... Bottle game operator (uncredited)
Fay Holderness ... Spectator (uncredited)
John Ince ... Man in box seat (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham ... Barber (uncredited)
Charles Irwin ... Carnival batting game operator (uncredited)
Jack Irwin ... Photographer in hospital (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett ... Sportsman at ballgame (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson ... Boy in ball park (uncredited)
John Kellogg ... Fraternity boy (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Photographer (uncredited)
Richard Kipling ... Broker (uncredited)
Pat Lane ... Wheel of Chance barker (uncredited)
Larry Lawson ... Barker (uncredited)
Rex Lease ... Spectator (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch ... Neighbor leaning through window (uncredited)
Frank Lyman ... Fraternity boy (uncredited)
Dave Manley ... Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (uncredited)
Francisco Marán ... Rathskeller headwaiter (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough ... Reporter in hospital (uncredited)
George McDonald ... Wally Pipp, Yankee first baseman (uncredited)
Matt McHugh ... Strength machine operator (uncredited)
James McNamara ... Rathskeller manager (uncredited)
John Merkyl ... Spectator (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell ... Sportsman at ballgame (uncredited)
Irving Mitchell ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity ... Policeman in 1915 (uncredited)
Tom Neal ... Fraternity boy (uncredited)
Ray Noble ... Himself (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne ... Scrubwoman (uncredited)
George Offerman Jr. ... Freshman (uncredited)
John B. Old ... Reporter (uncredited)
Garry Owen ... Scorecard vendor (uncredited)
Sarah Padden ... Mrs. Roberts, Gehrig neighbor (uncredited)
Emory Parnell ... Chicago policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr. ... Policeman (uncredited)
Cyril Ring ... Photographer (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore ... Disappointed fan #2 (uncredited)
Art Rowlands ... Telephone man (uncredited)
William Roy ... Joe Fabrini (uncredited)
Rip Russell ... Laddie (uncredited)
Francis Sayles ... Cab driver (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster ... Sasha's mother (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw ... Mr. Worthington (uncredited)
Jack Shea ... Hammond (uncredited)
John Sheehan ... First paper hanger (uncredited)
Jack Stewart ... Ed Barrow (uncredited)
Ben Taggart ... Conductor (uncredited)
Walter Tetley ... Cake delivery boy (uncredited)
Jimmy Valentine ... Sasha, boy playing baseball (uncredited)
Gohr Van Vleck ... Furniture mover (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan ... Eleanor's landlady (uncredited)
Veloz ... Specialty dancer (uncredited)
Malcolm Waite ... Big strength machine contestant (uncredited)
James Westerfield ... Spectator (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson ... Sportsman at ballgame (uncredited)
Max Willenz ... Mr. Colletti (uncredited)
Buddy Williams ... Bootblack (uncredited)
Charles Williams ... Little strength machine contestant (uncredited)
Robert Winkler ... Murphy (uncredited)
Allen Wood ... Freshman telling Lou that Sam wants him (uncredited)
Yolanda ... Specialty dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sam Wood 
 
Writing credits
Paul Gallico (story)

Jo Swerling (screenplay) and
Herman J. Mankiewicz (screenplay)

Damon Runyon (prologue)

Paul Gallico  contributor to treatment (uncredited)
Vincent Lawrence  contributor to dialogue (uncredited)
Casey Robinson  uncredited

Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn .... producer
 
Original Music by
Leigh Harline 
 
Cinematography by
Rudolph Maté 
 
Film Editing by
Daniel Mandell 
 
Production Design by
William Cameron Menzies 
 
Art Direction by
Perry Ferguson 
 
Set Decoration by
Howard Bristol 
 
Costume Design by
René Hubert 
 
Production Management
Lonnie D'Orsa .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Sherwood .... assistant director
 
Art Department
McClure Capps .... associate art director
 
Sound Department
Frank Maher .... sound recordist
 
Special Effects by
Ray Binger .... special photographic effects (as R.O. Binger)
Jack Cosgrove .... special photographic effects
 
Visual Effects by
Albert Simpson .... matte artist (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Hal McAlpin .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Fletcher Henderson .... music arranger (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Mr. Ed Barrow .... advice and cooperation: New York Yankees
Pat Flaherty .... technical advisor: baseball
Samuel Goldwyn .... presenter
Christy Walsh .... liaison: New York Yankees cooperation
Babe Herman .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Lefty O'Doul .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Babe Ruth .... double: Gary Cooper in longshot (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Eleanor Gehrig .... appreciation to (as Mrs. Lou Gehrig)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
128 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #8295) | USA:Passed
Filming Locations:
Pelham Parkway, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In actuality, Gary Cooper was decidedly not a fan of baseball and required extensive coaching in order to look even passable on a ball diamond. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Myth says that Gehrig replaced Wally Pipp because Pipp had a head ache. Facts later revealed that Gehrig actually Fred Merkle. Merkle was Pipps back up, and the day Gehrig played first base, it was actually Pipp's Scheduled day off anyway. Merkle's head ache was blamed on the heat. more
Quotes:
[his farewell speech]
Lou Gehrig: Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Homicide: Life on the Street: Gone for Goode (#1.1)" (1993) more
Soundtrack:
Auld Lang Syne more

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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Nice Movie About A Great Player and Genuinely-Nice Man, 29 September 2006
9/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

A lot of non-baseball fans still liked this movie a lot, and that's probably because it's more about a nice guy than it is about a ballplayer. New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig is the subject. Gehrig was often in the shadow of the great Babe Ruth, but was tremendous player in his own right and a far better human being.

It's tough to find many nicer movies than this one: a totally inoffensive, sentimental and old- fashioned film about a super-nice guy, played by a popular actor: Gary Cooper. Except for one sportswriter, there were no villains or nasty people in this movie.

Teresa Wright plays "Eleanor Twitchell," who becomes Gehrig's wife and Walter Brennan plays sportswriter and friend, "Sam Blake." The real Babe Ruth played himself, which was nice to see.

Even though Gehrig died at a fairly young age of a disease now named after him, overall this was a feel-good movie of the highest sort. This was so nice a story that even the cynical critics dared not criticize it. It leaves you with tears in your eyes at the end.

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