Saturday, March 29, 2025, 2 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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(Sam Wood, US 1942, 128 min., 35mm)
A moving biopic of legendary Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig — the left-handed player who rose to the top of the sport, only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable illness. A heart-warming, truly American classic, this film stars Gary Cooper in one of his most memorable performances as the great baseball hero and features real-life Bronx Bomber teammates Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Mark Koenig, and Bob Muesel, and Rochester-born sportswriter Bill Stern as themselves. Teresa Wright earned her third and final Academy Award nomination playing Gehrig’s wife, Eleanor.