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5 March 1943 (USA)
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THE Private LIFE OF A GREAT Public HERO! (original print ad - mostly caps) more
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The story of the life and career of the famed baseball player, Lou Gehrig. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 10 nominations
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(3 articles)
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
(From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
Oscar-Winning Actress Teresa Wright Dies at 86
(From WENN. 8 March 2005)
(From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
Oscar-Winning Actress Teresa Wright Dies at 86
(From WENN. 8 March 2005)
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Nice Movie About A Great Player and Genuinely-Nice Man
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gary Cooper | ... | Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig |
 | Teresa Wright | ... | Eleanor Twitchell |
 | Babe Ruth | ... | Babe Ruth |
 | Walter Brennan | ... | Sam Blake |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Hank Hanneman |
| Elsa Janssen | ... | Christina 'Mom' Gehrig |
| Ludwig Stössel | ... | Henry 'Pop' Gehrig (as Ludwig Stossel) |
| Virginia Gilmore | ... | Myra Tinsley |
| Bill Dickey | ... | Bill Dickey |
| Ernie Adams | ... | Miller Huggins |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | Frank Twitchell |
| Harry Harvey | ... | Joe McCarthy |
| Bob Meusel | ... | Bob Meusel (as Robert W. Meusel) |
| Mark Koenig | ... | Mark Koenig |
| Bill Stern | ... | Bill Stern |
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128 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Continuity: The home run that Babe Ruth hits for the little boy in the hospital is said to have gone to center field. When the ball is hit, its trajectory is towards right field. The play by play announcer says it goes to center field. There is no way the ball could have gone to center field.
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Quotes:
Eleanor Gehrig:
Lou Gehrig, I could learn to like you.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Critic: Dial 'M' for Mother (#1.3)" (1994)
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Auld Lang Syne
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A lot of non-baseball fans still liked this movie a lot, and that's probably because it's more about a nice guy than it is about a ballplayer. New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig is the subject. Gehrig was often in the shadow of the great Babe Ruth, but was tremendous player in his own right and a far better human being.
It's tough to find many nicer movies than this one: a totally inoffensive, sentimental and old- fashioned film about a super-nice guy, played by a popular actor: Gary Cooper. Except for one sportswriter, there were no villains or nasty people in this movie.
Teresa Wright plays "Eleanor Twitchell," who becomes Gehrig's wife and Walter Brennan plays sportswriter and friend, "Sam Blake." The real Babe Ruth played himself, which was nice to see.
Even though Gehrig died at a fairly young age of a disease now named after him, overall this was a feel-good movie of the highest sort. This was so nice a story that even the cynical critics dared not criticize it. It leaves you with tears in your eyes at the end.