The Pride Of The Yankees

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...

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Corporate Authors: Ray Noble Orchestra, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974, Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976, Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964, Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953, Wood, Sam, 1883-1949, Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005, Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974, Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948, Dickey, Bill, 1907-1993, Meusel, Bob, Stern, Bill, 1907-1971, Veloz, Frank, Veloz, Yolanda
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Edition:Collector's ed.
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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.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
Special features: "The making of The pride of the Yankees" featurette; "The man behind the Iron Horse, what he left behind" featurette; "Always" the story behind the song featurette; "Lou Gehrig's Disease: the search for a cure" featurette; "Curt Schilling: legend on a legend" featurette.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer, NTSC.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, USA, 1943: Oscar - Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell)