Recently, a famous American writer Richard Sandomir has
published a book based on the movie “The Pride of the Yankees” by Samuel Wood. So
we decided to remind you the origin story.
“The Pride of the Yankees” is a 1942 American 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 only one year before its release, at
age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known to the lay
public as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
Though subtitled "The Life of Lou Gehrig",
the film is less a sports biography than an homage to a heroic and widely loved
sports figure whose tragic and premature death touched the entire nation. It
emphasizes Gehrig's relationship with his parents (particularly his
strong-willed mother), his friendships with players and journalists, and his
storybook romance with the woman who became his "companion for life,"
Eleanor. Details of his baseball career—which were still fresh in most fans'
minds in 1942—are limited to montages of ballparks, pennants, and Cooper
swinging bats and running bases, though Gehrig's best-known major league
record—2,130 consecutive games played—is prominently cited.
Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig,
and Bill Dickey play themselves, as does sportscaster Bill Stern. The film was
adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling, and an uncredited Casey Robinson
from a story by Paul Gallico, and received 11 Academy Award nominations.
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