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The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 4/14

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4/14: The Pride of the Yankees is a long, uneven, and dull picture about the famous New York Yankee player named Lou Gehrig who was struck down by the fatal eponymous disease.

There are scenes that are either interminable or repetitive, causing an interminable drag in the pace. Sometimes, they can be too much. One particular scene when Lou Gehrig, as a kid, hit a home run is hysterical because the ball didn't come from his bat but all the way from the left. In other words, it's fair to assume the kid couldn't hit anything worth squat.

Babe Ruth looks like a total boob and is somewhat of a caricature. He probably was in real life. Believe it or not, Babe Ruth was a sex addict who talked about his penis constantly. It may have killed him as he probably had HPV, not cancer as originally thought. Lou Gehrig's wife once had an affair with Babe Ruth, and they never spoke again for five years until Gehrig's Yankee Stadium retirement speech in 1939. Another thing that Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth had in common is they were both struck out by a female pitcher by the name of Jackie Mitchell in the same inning. Meanwhile, Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright are good and do everything as they can.

All in all, The Pride of the Yankees isn't great.