The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth

Lou (Gary Cooper) gives his final farewell speech at Yankee Stadium.

Directed by Sam Wood.

© MGM 2013

Released in 1942 by MGM.

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  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Drama
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  • secondary-genre: Sports Stories
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  • mood: Inspiring
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  • primary-occasion: Sports
  • secondary-occasion: Baseball
  • setting: Baseball Game
  • setting: Stadium
  • theme: Illness
  • theme: Fulfillment
  • theme: Appreciation
  • actor: Teresa Wright
  • actor: Babe Ruth
  • actor: Gary Cooper
  • actor: Elsa Janssen
  • actor: Ludwig Stössel
  • director: Sam Wood
  • producer: Samuel Goldwyn
  • composer: Leigh Harline
  • production-designer: William Cameron Menzies
  • role-name: Eleanor Twitchell
  • role-name: Henry 'Pop' Gehrig
  • role-name: Christina 'Mom' Gehrig
  • role-name: Babe Ruth
  • role-name: Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
  • screenwriter: Herman J. Mankiewicz
  • screenwriter: Paul Gallico
  • screenwriter: Vincent Lawrence
  • screenwriter: Casey Robinson
  • screenwriter: Jo Swerling
  • screenwriter: Damon Runyon
  • year: 1942
  • studio: MGM

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