Director: Sam Wood

Writers: Jo Swerling; Herman J. Mankiewicz; Paul Gallico

Music: Leigh Harline

Producer: Samuel Goldwyn

Keywords: Sports Drama, Baseball, Biography

Biography of German-American first baseman Lou Gehrig, who played 16 seasons for the New York Yankees, setting a record of 2130 consecutive games which remained unbroken until 1995. Gehrig died in 1939 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's Disease, not long after giving his farewell speech. Emotionally powerful film. Won an Oscar for Best Editing; received 10 additional nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Score.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hardie Albright	Actor	16-Dec-1903	7-Dec-1975	Angel on My Shoulder
Edgar Barrier	Actor	4-Mar-1907	20-Jun-1964	Macbeth
Walter Brennan	Actor	25-Jul-1894	21-Sep-1974	Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor
Gary Cooper	Actor	7-May-1901	14-May-1961	High Noon
Bill Dickey	Baseball	6-Jun-1907	12-Nov-1993	Eleven-time American League All-Star
Dan Duryea	Actor	23-Jan-1907	7-Jun-1968	The Little Foxes
Addison Richards	Actor	20-Oct-1887	22-Mar-1964	American character actor
Babe Ruth	Baseball	6-Feb-1895	16-Aug-1948	The Bambino
Pierre Watkin	Actor	29-Dec-1887	3-Feb-1960	Adventures of Superman
Teresa Wright	Actor	27-Oct-1918	6-Mar-2005	Shadow of a Doubt

CAST

Gary Cooper	...   Lou Gehrig
With
Teresa Wright	...   Eleanor Gehrig
Babe Ruth	...   Himself
Walter Brennan	...   Sam Blake
and
Veloz and Yolanda	...   Themselves
Ray Noble and His Orchestra	...   Themselves
Dan Duryea	...   Hank Hanneman
Elsa Janssen	...   Mom Gehrig
Ludwig Stossel	...   Pop Gehrig
Virginia Gilmore	...   Myra
Bill Dickey	...   Himself
Ernie Adams	...   Miller Huggins
Pierre Watkin	...   Mr. Twitchell
Harry Harvey	...   Joe McCarthy
Robert W. Meusel	...   Himself
Mark Koenig	...   Mark Koenig
Bill Stern	...   Himself
Addison Richards	...   Jim
Hardie Albright	...   Van Tuyl
Edward Fielding	...   Clinic Doctor
George Lessey	...   Mayor of New Rochelle
Edgar Barrier	...   Hospital Doctor
Douglas Croft	...   Lou Gehrig as a Boy
Gene Collins	...   Billy (age 8)
David Holt	...   Billy (age 17)

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