This was filmed in January, 1938. A team of doctors viewed this film in 2006 to see if there is any visible evidence of the onset of Gehrig's ALS. They concluded that they could see no effect. Gehrig put up good, though diminished, numbers in the 1938 season that followed, and had visible muscle loss by the beginning of training in 1939. He died 3 1/2 years after his performance here.
The music for 2 of this film's songs was written by Albert von Tilzer. He is better known for being the composer of baseball's most famous song, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in New York City Wednesday 15 September 1948 on WATV (Channel 13), in Detroit Friday 6 May 1949 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Cincinnati Saturday 12 November 1949 on WCPO (Channel 7), in Atlanta Thursday 15 December 1949 on WSB (Channel 8), in Philadelphia Saturday 17 December 1949 on WCAU (Channel 10), in Salt Lake City Monday 9 January 1950 on KDYL (Channel 4), and in Los Angeles Wednesday 27 December 1950 on KTSL (Channel 2).
Lou Gehrig's singing voice (while driving the hay wagon) was dubbed by Ray Whitley.