Summary
Tells the tale of Lou Gehrig, a Hall-of-Fame baseball player for the New York Yankees whose life was cut short by ALS.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Gehrig, Lou,
-- 1903-1941
-- Drama.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Drama. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Drama. Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Drama. Feature films. Biographical films. Baseball films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :Metro Goldwyn Mayer :2008 Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, |
| Edition | Collector's ed., full screen. |
| Contributors |
Goldwyn, Samuel,
1879-1974. Wood, Sam, 1883-1949. Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964. Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953. Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976. Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961. Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005. Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974. Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948. Dickey, Bill, 1907-1993. Meusel, Bob. Stern, Bill, 1907-1971. Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| Participants/Performers |
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Bill Stern. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English French Spanish In English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. Special features include: six featurettes: The making of The pride of the Yankees; The man behind the Iron Horse; What he left behind; Always : the story behind the song; Lou Gehrig's Disease : the search for a cure; Curt Schilling : a legend on a legend. |
| System Details |
DVD; dual layer; region 1; NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |