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Auction History Result 8z0476 PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 7.25x9.25 still R1940s Teresa Wright hugs Gary Cooper in uniform! Date Sold 6/10/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-release Vintage Theatrical 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" [18 x 23 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Pride of the Yankees (The Life of Lou Gehrig), the classic 1942 Sam Wood New York City baseball sports biography melodrama ("It's the great American story"; "The crowd worshiped him... one woman understood him!"; "Intimate and thrilling drama of a hero of the headlines... the girl who had his love and shared his life, but dared not question his one secret"; "Heart-warming, human, thrilling dramatic is this true story of a public hero's private life... and the secret he kept from the only woman who really understood him. You'll hail it as another great Samuel Goldwyn production!"; "Original Story by Paul Gallico"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; based on the life of famed New York Yankees baseball player, Lou Gehrig) starring Gary Cooper (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film, as Lou Gehrig), Teresa Wright (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film, as Eleanor Gehrig), Babe Ruth (playing himself!), Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Veloz & Yolanda, Hardie Albright, Ray Noble and His Orchestra, Elsa Janssen (as Lou Gehrig's mother), Ludwig Stossel (as Lou Gehrig's father), and Harry Harvey. Note that in addition to Babe Ruth, several famous Yankee baseball players appeared as themselves, notably Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Stern! Also note that there is a fascinating "urban legend" about this movie! Lou Gehrig was a legendary left-handed baseball player (southpaw) and Gary Cooper was right-handed, and when the movie was about to come out, Samuel Goldwyn had publicity stating that he had hired legendary southpaw Lefty O'Doul to teach Cooper how to bat and throw left-handed, and that it took two months. But then, right before the movie opened, there were several articles in leading publications stating that this was a lie, and that Cooper couldn't learn how to do it, so they had him wear a special jersey with reversed lettering, and then they let him bat and throw right-handed, and then "reversed" the film! Everyone believed this until 2013, when a researcher discovered that it was not true at all, and that Cooper had, in fact, thrown and batted left-handed (one of the easy ways to prove this was that in some of the shots, many other players were shown, and they would have had to all be wearing these "reversed" jerseys, which made no sense!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still looks to be from 1942's "The Pride of the Yankees" (and it has the correct still code), but it is clearly from later in the 1940s, because the snipe attached says that this movie was where Wright showed her flair for comedy, so it was clearly issued in connection with a later movie she made in the 1940s. Please do not bid on it thinking it is from 1942, as it is not. Also note that this still measures 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" [18 x 23 cm], but it has not been trimmed. Condition: good. There is a thin strip of glue and paper residue in the middle left of the still, entering Wright's hat and hair. Learn More about condition grades 
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