The Pride of the Yankees: The Life of Lou Gehrig
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 sclerosis, which later became known to the lay public as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
Plot
Lou Gehrig is a young Columbia University student whose old-fashioned mother wants him to study hard and become an engineer, but the young man has a gift for baseball. A sportswriter befriends Gehrig and persuades a scout to come see him play. When his mother gets sick, Gehrig signs with the team he has always revered, the New York Yankees, to pay for the hospital bills. With the help of his father, he endeavors to keep his career change a secret from his mother.
Awards
Cast
- Addison Richards
- Anita Sharp-Bolster
- Babe Ruth
- Bill Dickey
- Bob Meusel
- Charles Irwin
- Charles Williams
- Clancy Cooper
- Cyril Ring
- Dan Duryea
- Dane Clark
- Don Brodie
- Earle Hodgins
- Eddy Chandler
- Edgar Barrier
- Edward Fielding
- Edward Peil
- Elsa Janssen
- Emory Parnell
- Ernie Adams
- Frank Faylen
- Gary Cooper
- Guy Wilkerson
- Hardie Albright
- Harry Harvey
- Harry Hayden
- James Westerfield
- Lane Chandler
- Lester Dorr
- Ludwig Stössel
- Mary Gordon
- Pat Flaherty
- Pierre Watkin
- Sarah Padden
- Spencer Charters
- Teresa Wright
- Tom Neal
- Virginia Gilmore
- Walter Brennan