Vintage Image of the Day: Pride of the Yankees

by Martha Fischer Aug 16th 2006 // 2:01PM

Filed under: Classics, Drama, Sports, Fandom, Vintage Image of the Day

I just heard on the radio that -- in addition to being the birthday of Madonna, Steve Carell and my own illustrious brother -- today marks the 58th anniversary of the death of Babe Ruth. (It's also, oddly, the day the Yankees have chosen to break ground on the new Yankee Stadium -- yes, they're starting the slow death of the current House That Ruth built on the day he died.) Anyway, hearing that news immediately sent me on a search for an image from the wonderful The Pride of the Yankees, the 1942 film about Lou Gehrig in which Ruth makes a brief appearance as himself.

As for the movie itself, I'm too blinded by my desperate love for Gary Cooper to even know anymore if it's actually good -- I have a feeling that it might be too emotional for some, and too sporty for others. That said, however, anyone who can watch the thing without crying at least twice (Gehrig and his wife, each keeping his illness a secret in order to protect the other? That speech? Hell, I get chills just thinking about the echo.) has no soul.

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Tags: Babe Ruth, BabeRuth, cinematical, film, Gary Cooper, GaryCooper, Lou Gehrig, LouGehrig, movie, Pride of the Yankees, Vintage Image of the Day

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-16-2006 @ 2:30PM

Karen said...

I pretty much start crying at the diagnosis and keep it going until "The End" appears on the screen, losing it completely during The Speech. Sometimes I have to pause the film so that I can just break down and sob. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to cry during that film.

8-16-2006 @ 3:11PM

Jeannie Satoris said...

I have to agree with Ms. Fischer. I never was much of a Babe Ruth fan, but I loved his appearance in Pride of the Yankees and I, too and totally in love with Gary Cooper. This movie was and still is a big favorite in my family. We have several older and newer baseball themed movies for home viewong and I must say, this on is my favorite and then A League of Their Own. I cry in both....

8-16-2006 @ 4:37PM

Billy Bob Rubin said...

There's no crying in baseball! ;^)

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