In the darling of Sam Wood's "Pride of Yanki", Hollywood's golden retriever, Gary CooperIt is played by Lu Gerig, a well -known Yorkyork Yanki's first basmet from 1923 to 1939. Gerig was considered one of the more powerful blows of his generation, earning his nickname on the field of the Ironelesy Horse. Tragically, Gerig's baseball career began to suffer in the late 30s, due to a strange, undiagnosed disease. It will later be discovered that it is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Als ended with his life in 1941, and is still known colloquially in the United States as a disease of Lu Gerig.

"Pride of Yanki" follows Gerig's life since his days at Columbia University through Jankie's retirement in 1939. It searches for his rise in the glory of the baseball, taking a job for Yorkyork Yanki, a job she keeps secret from his mother Mijal; She would like to be an engineer. He eventually hangs out with his hero, Babe Ruth (playing) and attracts the attention of his future wife Eleonor (Teresa Wright). He becomes a starvet. One of the most famous sequences of the film includes Gerig, already a celebrity, visiting a sick child at the hospital. The young boy, Billy, promised Lou promises to hit two homework in one game in a world series. Lu makes his promise well. This story is probably not true, but it is part of the legend of real -world baseball, decorated by "Pride of Yanki".

And then there is a tragic end. Even if someone has not seen "Yanki", someone probably knows about Cooper's glorious tears, a heart speech at the end when he announces his retirement for illness. "Today," he said, "I consider myself the happiest man on the face of the earth." It was the last line of the film and the one that echoed through the history of the cinema.

Yanki's "Pride" is currently available to follow free on the Roko channelthe Hooplathe Canopyand on Pluto TV.

If the plot of "Pride of Yanki" sounds cliché, it's just because every sporty drama then imitated it. The "Pride of Yanki" ark was in parallel with every biopic athlete for decades after his 1942 release, and comedies and comedies and sitcoms continued to borrow moments and speak from Yanki well nowadays. Long before this author even to see Wood's film, I saw scams of shows as "Mystery Scientific Theater 3000", "Simpsons" and The movie Top-100, "Biketball". "Pride of Yanki" appeared so deep in the American mass consciousness that it should be reminded of where the clichés began.

"Yankis" also came at a time when it was modern for mainstream Hollywood blockbusters to be as much crying as possible and as melodramatic as possible. The "Pride of Yanki" is emotional to the point that it is a syrup, presenting Gerig as a foolish pure hero who believes deeply in the adamant American institution that is a professional baseball. Gary Cooper, whose full personality on the screen, was based on a quality student, such as, and non-Smax, brought a full artificial, Hollywood "innocence" to his performance that made a very stone audience. This is the type of film that critics refer to when talking about Hollywood's golden age. Starwar and completely serious drama, built to strengthen the bold American myths and immortalize the sentimental stereotypes of the "great man".

"Pride of Yanki" was also a huge hit, emerging as one of the highest films with the highest gross brutal since 1942. Unfortunately, he did not make a lot of money for RKO thanks to a taxi distribution agreement, the studio made it with Samuel Goldwin. However, Rko worked with Goldwin because of the prestige attached to his name. It is likely that Goldwin's name has attracted the attention of the Academy voters.

"Pride of Yanki" was nominated for 11 awards at the Academy that year, including the best image, the best actress, the best actress, the best music, the best special effects and two for the best writing (back when the "original story" and "Adapted Screenplay" were two different categories). The only Oscar he won, however, was for the best editing (for Daniel Mandel). It was a year she William Weiler's "Ms Minier" was moving through the OscarsHowever, taking home six wins. Yanki's "Pride" was a hit, but "Ms Miniier" was a headquarters, which was only the second film in the history of the academy that was nominated in all four acting categories (won two).

1942 was when the United States was accepted in World War II, and many of the nominees dealt directly with very immediate military experience, or with American patriotism in general. Also nominated for the best picture that year were the "49th parallel", for the Nazis who tried to attack Canada, "Pyde Pepper", for an old British man trying to reluctantly evacuate children from bombarded France, "Wake Island", " -The miniever "will not win, given the country's tone at the time; His anti-Nazi propaganda and pro-British citizen narrative was completely inspiring. Winston Churchill once said, quite glorious, that "Mrs Miniivers" did more about England's military efforts than a flotilla of destroyers.

"Pride of Yanki", a drama with tears baseball, there was no chance. However, she was recognized widely by the Academy, and her popularity remained in eternity. This is a great movie to watch with your father or other family member who wants a baseball. They've probably already seen it, but if you are not, it will be an experience that you can share.