| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-280) and index. |
| Summary |
The New York times award-winning sports columnist shares the behind-the-scenes story of how the classic film "Pride of the Yankees" came to be created. |
| Contents |
A brilliant career, a tragic death -- Hollywood beckons the widow Gehrig -- The tears of a mogul -- In search of Lou Gehrig -- Babe on film -- Not all Yankees welcome -- The producer and the star -- Eleanor: defender of Lou's legacy -- Teresa Wright will not do cheesecake! -- Becoming Lou: Cooper learns to play baseball -- Did Cooper, a right-hander, become Gehrig, a left-hander? -- Mama's boy -- "Lou seems to have become more Gary Cooper than Lou Gehrig" -- Words for all time -- A screening -- "Luckiest man" in the South Pacific -- Epilogue: Cooper says good-bye. |
| Subject |
Pride of the Yankees (Motion picture)
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Sports.
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Baseball.
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| ISBN |
9780316355056 (hardcover) |
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0316355054 (hardcover) |
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