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CREDITS
Directed
by
Sam Wood
Writing credits
Paul Gallico (story)
Jo Swerling (screenplay)
and Herman J. Mankiewicz (screenplay)
Damon Runyon (prologue)
Paul Gallico contributor to treatment
Vincent Lawrence contributor to dialogue
Casey Robinson uncredited
Cast (in credits order)
Gary Cooper .... Henry Louis 'Lou'/'Louie' Gehrig
Teresa Wright .... Eleanor Twitchell 'Ellie' Gehrig
Babe Ruth .... Himself
Walter Brennan .... Sportswriter Sam Blake
Dan Duryea .... Sportswriter Hank Hanneman
Elsa Janssen .... Mom Gehrig
Ludwig Stössel .... Pop Gehrig
Virginia Gilmore .... Myra Tinsley
Bill Dickey .... Himself
Ernie Adams .... Miller Huggins
Pierre Watkin .... Mr. Twitchell
Harry Harvey .... Joe McCarthy
Bob Meusel .... Himself
Mark Koenig .... Himself
Bill Stern .... Himself
Addison Richards .... Jim, Columbia University Football Coach Hardie Albright .... Van Tuyl, Fraternity Member
Edward Fielding .... Clinic Doctor
George Lessey .... Mayor of New Rochelle
Edgar Barrier .... Hospital Doctor
Douglas Croft .... Lou Gehrig as a Boy
Gene Collins .... Billy, Lame Boy in Hospital
David Holt .... Billy at 17
Veloz .... Specialty Dancer
Yolanda .... Specialty Dancer
Ray Noble .... Himself, Orchestra Leader
Ed Agresti .... Barber
Ernie Alexander .... Bellhop with Flowers
Walter Anthony .... Merril
Hooper Atchley .... Lathered Man in Barber Shop
Bettye Avery .... Nightclub Singer: "Always"
Rebecca Bohannen .... Little Girl
Lynton Brent .... Photographer in Hospital
Roy Brent .... Yankee Ballplayer
Betty Brewer .... Little Girl
Don Brodie .... Girl Show Barker
Charles Cane .... Plumber
Jack Carr .... Plumber
Burr Caruth .... Village Storekeeper
Eddy Chandler .... Motorcycle Cop #2
Lane Chandler .... Mark, Yankee Player in Locker Room Bill Chaney .... Newsboy
Jack Chapin .... Photographer
Janet Chapman .... Tessie
Spencer Charters .... Mr. Larsen
Dane Clark .... Fraternity Boy
Heinie Conklin .... Wallpaper Hanger
Hal Cooke .... Man in Cab
Clancy Cooper .... Motorcycle Cop #1
John Daheim .... Reporter in Hospital
Eva Dennison .... Mrs. Worthington
Lester Dorr .... Disappointed Fan #1
Lorna Dunn .... Clinic Nurse
Peter Du Rey .... Photographer in Hospital
Jim Farley .... Spectator
Frank Faylen .... Yankee Third-Base Coach
Walter Fenner .... Dentist
Pat Flaherty .... Yankee Ballplayer
Charles Flynn .... Fraternity Boy
Rosina Galli .... Mrs. Fabrini
Jack Gardner .... Tunnel of Love Barker
Vaughan Glaser .... Doctor in Gehrig Home
Mary Gordon .... Maid
George Guhl .... Second Paper Hanger
Eddie Hall .... Reporter in Hospital Room
Vinton Haworth .... Fraternity Boy
Harry Hayden .... Department Store Manager
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian .... Furniture Mover
John Hiestand .... Announcer
Earle Hodgins .... Bottle Game Operator
Fay Holderness .... Spectator
John Ince .... Man in Box Seat
Mitchell Ingraham .... Barber
Charles Irwin .... Carnival Batting Game Operator
Jack Irwin .... Photographer in Hospital
Sheldon Jett .... Sportsman at Ballgame
John Kellogg .... Fraternity Boy
Donald Kerr .... Photographer
Richard Kipling .... Broker
Pat Lane .... Wheel of Chance Barker
Larry Lawson .... Barker
Rex Lease .... Spectator
Theodore Lorch .... Neighbor Leaning Through Window
Frank Lyman .... Fraternity Boy
Dave Manley .... Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia
Francisco Marán .... Rathskeller Headwaiter
Ralph McCullough .... Reporter in Hospital
George McDonald .... Wally Pipp, Yankee First Baseman
Matt McHugh .... Strength Machine Operator
James McNamara .... Rathskeller Manager
John Merkyl .... Spectator
Howard M. Mitchell .... Sportsman at Ballgame
Irving Mitchell .... Headwaiter
Pat Moriarity .... Policeman Arresting Little Lou
Tom Neal .... Fraternity Boy
Patsy O'Byrne .... Scrubwoman
George Offerman .... Freshman
Garry Owen .... Scorecard Vendor
Sarah Padden .... Mrs. Roberts, Gehrig Neighbor
Emory Parnell .... Chicago Policeman O'Doul
Edward Peil Sr. .... Policeman
Cyril Ring .... Photographer
Henry Roquemore .... Disappointed Fan #2
Art Rowlands .... Telephone Man
William Roy .... Joe Fabrini
Rip Russell .... Laddie
Francis Sayles .... Cab Driver
Anita Sharp-Bolster .... Sasha's Mother
C. Montague Shaw .... Mr. Worthington
Jack Shea .... Hammond
John Sheehan .... First Paper Hanger
Jack Stewart .... Ed Barrow
Ben Taggart .... Conductor
Walter Tetley .... Cake Delivery Boy
Fay Thomas .... Christy Mathewson
Jimmy Valentine .... Sasha, Boy Playing Baseball
Gohr Van Vleck .... Furniture Mover
Dorothy Vaughan .... Eleanor's Landlady
Malcolm Waite .... Big Strength Machine Contestant
James Westerfield .... Spectator
Guy Wilkerson .... Sportsman at Ballgame
Max Willenz .... Mr. Colletti, Shopkeeper
Buddy Williams .... Bootblack
Charles Williams .... Little Strength Machine Contestant
Robert Winkler .... Murphy
Allen Wood .... Freshman Telling Lou That Sam Wants Him
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn
Original Music by
Leigh Harline
Non-Original Music by
Irving Berlin (song "Always")
Eubie Blake (song "I'm Just Wild About Harry")
Fred Fisher (song "Chicago")
Isham Jones (song "I'll See You in My Dreams")
Richard A. Whiting (song "Ain't We Got Fun?")
Albert von Tilzer (song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game")
Cinematography by
Rudolph Maté
Film Editing by
Daniel Mandell
Production Design by
William Cameron Menzies
Art Direction by
Perry Ferguson
Set Decoration by
Howard Bristol
Costume Design by
René Hubert
Assistant Director
John Sherwood
Art Department
McClure Capps .... associate art director
Sound Department
Frank Maher .... sound recordist
Special Effects by
Ray Binger .... special photographic effects
Jack Cosgrove .... special photographic effects
Visual Effects by
Albert Simpson .... matte artist
Other crew
Eleanor Gehrig .... appreciation to (as Mrs. Lou Gehrig) Samuel Goldwyn .... presenter
Christy Walsh .... liaison: New York Yankees cooperation Robert Burns .... lyricist: "Auld Lang Syne"
Ray Egan .... lyricist: "Ain't We Got Fun?"
Babe Herman .... technical advisor
Gus Kahn .... lyricist: "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "I'll See You in My Dreams"
Hal McAlpin .... still photographer
Jack Norworth .... lyricist: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Lefty O'Doul .... technical advisor
Babe Ruth .... double: Gary Cooper in longshot
Noble Sissle .... lyricist: "I'm Just Wild About Harry" |
