🎬⚾️On July 14, 1942 the biographical baseball drama “The Pride of the Yankees” was released in theaters by RKO Pictures. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan. It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig (played by Cooper), who died only one year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known as "Lou Gehrig's disease". The film's iconic closing line