The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

The Pride of the Yankees
Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig. Gehrig was the New York Yankee first baseman who followed Babe Ruth in the line-up before succumbing to the disease which bears his name. Gehrig gave his famous Farewell Speech at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939: "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for." This is a black and white classic. Too bad that young audiences are reluctant to watch older films. It is also a shame that baseball players from the steroids generation have so little in common with Lou Gehrig, a man of integrity.

Not the pride of Amazon
I order this DVD, however I received the regular DVDD, not the Anniversay Edition, after request and lots of frustation Amazon decided that it was my mistake in ordering. Be very careful if you order this DVD and make sure you receive the correct one, I hope you do not suffer the same frustation I had to suffer with amazon

Same dvd as previous release with updated slip case
Also I would like to warn all people on MGM special anniversary editions to movies. I picked up Pride of the Yankees for the dvd art work eventhough I knew it was the exact same movie transfer of the film as it the cheapest mgm Gary cooper movie at only 7.99. I found out why it is the cheapest. Be warned that MGM while quite good at releasing basic movies are the worst at releasing special anniversary editions to any film that they own. Pride of the Yankees 35th anniversary edition comes in a cardboard sleeve. Upon removing this cardboard sleeve, I discovered that the actual artwork on the dvd case is the same as the previous release. In fact it is the previous release with just a cardboard slip case over top of it. They were too lazy to update the artwork to the actual inside dvd case. I am not sure but I don't think they have ever restored or given any extras to any classic movie they own. It is all an evil marketing sceme to fool the customer on their latest anniversary releases where they only update the slip case and not even the dvd case inside. This is a very unerhanded practice that I will never support again. Despite the 8 Gary Cooper releases last year, I do believe that MGM is the bottom of the barrel for movie companies releasing dvds.

This is a five star movie and one of Gary Cooper's top five movies in my opinion, but will not rate it any higher than one star for the rip off dvd from MGM.