film "The Pride of the Yankees"

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American film biographical film film sports drama film

"The Pride of the Yankees" is a classic 1942 biographical sports drama film that portrays the life and career of legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, culminating in his battle with ALS.

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The Pride of the Yankees 4
Lou Gehrig's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium 1
The Pride of the Yankees (1942 film) 1

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
biographical film ⓘ
film ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
about New York Yankees history ⓘ
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
professional baseball ⓘ
basedOn life of Lou Gehrig ⓘ
character Babe Ruth ⓘ
Eleanor Gehrig ⓘ
Lou Gehrig ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Lou Gehrig's battle with ALS ⓘ
New York Yankees ⓘ
director Sam Wood ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
follows baseball career of Lou Gehrig ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
sports drama ⓘ
hasTheme heroism in adversity ⓘ
sportsmanship ⓘ
tragedy of illness ⓘ
mainSubject Lou Gehrig ⓘ
narrativeLocation Major League Baseball ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Story

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
notableScene film "The Pride of the Yankees" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lou Gehrig's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Samuel Goldwyn ⓘ
productionCompany Samuel Goldwyn Productions ⓘ
publicationDate 1942 ⓘ
releaseYear 1942 ⓘ
runtime approximately 128 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz ⓘ
Jo Swerling ⓘ
setInLocation New York City ⓘ
Yankee Stadium ⓘ
setInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
stars Babe Ruth ⓘ
Bill Dickey ⓘ
Bob Meusel ⓘ
Gary Cooper ⓘ
Teresa Wright ⓘ
Walter Brennan ⓘ

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Gary Cooper → notableWork → film "The Pride of the Yankees" ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pride of the Yankees
Sam Wood → notableWork → film "The Pride of the Yankees" ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pride of the Yankees
Herman J. Mankiewicz → screenwriterFor → film "The Pride of the Yankees" ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pride of the Yankees
Lou Gehrig → subjectOf → film "The Pride of the Yankees" ⓘ
Sam Wood → workedOn → film "The Pride of the Yankees" ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pride of the Yankees