The pride of the Yankees., [presented by] Samuel Goldwyn ; original story by Paul Gallico ; screenplay by Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz ; directed by Sam Wood, Fullscreen
Type
Label
The pride of the Yankees., [presented by] Samuel Goldwyn ; original story by Paul Gallico ; screenplay by Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz ; directed by Sam Wood, Fullscreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The pride of the Yankees.
Oclc number
212225326
Responsibility statement
[presented by] Samuel Goldwyn ; original story by Paul Gallico ; screenplay by Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz ; directed by Sam Wood
Runtime
128
Summary
Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball Hall of Fame player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his athletic childhood in New York to his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.version
Fullscreen
Classification
Contributor
- Meusel, Bob
- Veloz, Yolanda
- Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961
- Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974
- Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964
- Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974
- Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005
- Stern, Bill, 1907-1971
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Ray Noble Orchestra
- Wood, Sam, 1883-1949
- Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976
- Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
- Mankiewicz, Herman J., Herman Jacob, 1897-1953
- Dickey, Bill, 1907-1993
- Veloz, Frank
Subject
- Jugadores de beísbol -- United States -- Biografías -- Teatro
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Drama
- Feature films
- Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941 -- Drama
- Enfermedades -- United States -- Teatro
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Drama
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Drama
- Baseball films
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor16
- Meusel, Bob
- Veloz, Yolanda
- Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961
- Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974
- Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964
- Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974
- Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005
- Stern, Bill, 1907-1971
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Ray Noble Orchestra
- Wood, Sam, 1883-1949
- Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976
- Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
- Mankiewicz, Herman J., Herman Jacob, 1897-1953
- Dickey, Bill, 1907-1993
- Veloz, Frank
- Genre4
- Subject10
- Jugadores de beísbol -- United States -- Biografías -- Teatro
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Drama
- Feature films
- Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941 -- Drama
- Enfermedades -- United States -- Teatro
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Drama
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Drama
- Baseball films
- Content1
- Mapped to1