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The Pride of the Yankees
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The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Directed by:

 Sam Wood

Written by:

 Paul Gallicostory
 Jo Swerlingscreenplay

Genre

Drama / Family

Synopsis

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

Filmed in

USA

Runtime

128 min

Average Rating

(4.5 on 5)

Casting:

 Gary CooperHenry Louis 'Lou'/'Louie' Gehrig
 Teresa WrightEleanor Twitchell 'Ellie' Gehrig
 Babe RuthBabe Ruth
 Walter BrennanSportswriter Sam Blake
 Dan DuryeaSportswriter Hank Hanneman
 Elsa JanssenMom Gehrig
 Ludwig StösselPop Gehrig (as Ludwig Stossel)
 Virginia GilmoreMyra Tinsley
 Bill DickeyBill Dickey
 Ernie AdamsMiller Huggins
 Pierre WatkinMr Twitchell
 Harry HarveyJoe McCarthy
 Bob MeuselBob Meusel (as Robert W Meusel)
 Mark KoenigMark Koenig
 Bill SternBill Stern
 Teresa Wright- who played Lou Gehrig's wife
 Eleanor Gehrig- wore the actual bracelet that Lou gave to his wife on their fourth anniversary Gehrig's wife brought the bracelet to the set to be used in the movie The bracelet is made up of seventeen metal medallions which celebrate the seven World Championships and six All-Star game appearances that Lou Gehrig made The bracelet is now displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame
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The Pride of the Yankees
Not the pride of Amazon
Same dvd as previous release with updated slip case

 
 

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