Фильм «Гордость Янки» (1942) – трогательная драма о легендарном бейсболисте Лу Гериге. История жизни, любви и борьбы с болезнью, вдохновлённая реальными событиями.
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Введение
«Гордость янки» – американский спортивный драматический фильм 1942 года, спродюсированный Сэмюэлем Голдуином, режиссёром Сэмом Вудом, в главных ролях Гэри Купер, Тереза Райт и Уолтер Бреннан. Это дань уважения легендарному первому бейсмену «Нью-Йорк Янкиз» Лу Геригу, скончавшемуся за год до выхода фильма в возрасте 37 лет от бокового амиотрофического склероза, который позднее стал известен широкой публике как «болезнь Лу Герига». Несмотря на подзаголовок «Жизнь Лу Герига», фильм представляет собой скорее не биографию спортсмена, а возвание к герою и любимцу публики, чья трагическая и преждевременная смерть затронула всю страну. В фильме особое внимание уделяется отношениям Герига с родителями (особенно с его волевой матерью), его дружбе с игроками и журналистами, а также его романтической истории с женщиной, ставшей его «спутницей жизни» – Элеонорой Твичелл. Детали его бейсбольной карьеры, которые в 1942 году ещё были свежи в памяти большинства болельщиков, сведены к монтажу кадров стадионов, клубных флагов и сцен с Купером, размахивающим битой и бегущим по базам, хотя наиболее известный рекорд Герига в Главной лиге бейсбола – 2130 игр подряд – упоминается особо. Его одноклубники по «Янкиз» Бэйб Рут, Боб Мюзель, Марк Кениг и Билл Дикки сыграли самих себя, как и спортивный комментатор Билл Стерн. Сценарий фильма был адаптирован Германом Дж. Манкиевичем, Джо Сверлингом и, без указания авторства, Кейси Робинсоном по мотивам рассказа Пола Галлико, и получил 11 номинаций на премию «Оскар». Фильм завершается воссозданием трогательной прощальной речи Герига на стадионе «Янки» в 1939 году. Знаменитая заключительная фраза фильма – «Сегодня я считаю себя самым счастливым человеком на Земле» – заняла 38-е место в списке 100 величайших цитат из фильмов, составленном Американским институтом киноискусства. Фильм также занял 22-е место в списке самых вдохновляющих фильмов AFI.
1942 film by Sam Wood
The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 American sports drama film 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, who died a year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known to the lay public as "Lou Gehrig's disease". Though subtitled The Life of Lou Gehrig, the film is less a sports biography than an homage to a heroic and widely loved sports figure whose tragic and premature death touched the entire nation. It emphasizes Gehrig's relationship with his parents (particularly his strong willed mother), his friendships with players and journalists, and his storybook romance with the woman who became his "companion for life," Eleanor Twitchell. Details of his baseball career—which were still fresh in most fans' minds in 1942—are limited to montages of ballparks, pennants, and Cooper swinging bats and running bases, though Gehrig's best known major league record—2,130 consecutive games played—is prominently cited. Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey play themselves, as does sportscaster Bill Stern. The film was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling, and an uncredited Casey Robinson from a story by Paul Gallico, and received 11 Oscar nominations. It ends with a re enactment of Gehrig's poignant 1939 farewell speech at Yankee Stadium. The film's iconic closing line—"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth"—was voted 38th on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest movie quotes. The film was also ranked 22nd on AFI's list of most inspiring movies.
Сюжет
Лу Гериг — молодой студент Колумбийского университета, чья старомодная мать хочет, чтобы он усердно учился и стал инженером, но у юноши есть талант к бейсболу. Спортивный журналист заводит дружбу с Геригом и убеждает скаута посмотреть на его игру. Когда мать заболевает, Гериг подписывает контракт с командой, которой он всегда восхищался, «Нью-Йорк Янкиз», чтобы оплатить больничные счета. С помощью отца он пытается сохранить в тайне от матери перемену в карьере. Гериг пробивается через низшие лиги и присоединяется к «Янкиз». Его герой, Бейб Рут, поначалу снисходительно и пренебрежительно относится к новичку, но сильная и стабильная игра Герига завоевывает уважение Рута и всей команды. Гериг, не подозревая, оказывается втянут товарищами по команде в розыгрыши над Рутом во время поездок на поезде. Во время игры на «Комиски Парк» Гериг спотыкается о стопку бит и становится объектом насмешек зрительницы Элеоноры (дочери владельца сети закусочных с хот-догами на стадионе), которая в шутку называет его «неуклюжим». Позже они знакомятся, что приводит к отношениям, а затем и к помолвке. Мать Герига, которая до сих пор не смирилась с тем, что её сын не станет инженером, тяжело переживает эту новость; Гериг наконец-то противостоит ей и женится на Элеоноре. «Янкиз» становятся доминирующей командой в бейсболе, а Гериг становится любимцем публики. Его отец и мать, полностью принявшая выбор сына, посещают игры и болеют за него. В воссоздании знаменитой (и, возможно, апокрифической) истории Гериг навещает в больнице мальчика по имени Билли, страдающего от инвалидности. Он обещает забить два хоум-рана в одном матче Мировой серии в честь мальчика, и выполняет своё обещание. Гериг теперь — «Железный конь», национальный герой на пике своей карьеры, окружённый множеством поклонников, верными друзьями и любящей женой. Затем он начинает с растущей тревогой замечать, что его силы постепенно угасают. Несмотря на то, что он продолжает играть и продлевает свою серию игр подряд до, казалось бы, непревзойденного рекорда, его физическое состояние продолжает неумолимо ухудшаться. Однажды в Детройте он говорит менеджеру «Янкиз» Джо Маккарти, что стал обузой для команды, и сам просит выпустить его на скамейку запасных. После обследования врач сообщает ему ужасную новость: у Герига редкое неизлечимое заболевание, и ему осталось жить недолго. Вскоре после этого, в День Лу Герига на стадионе «Янки», повзрослевший Билли находит Герига и показывает ему, что полностью выздоровел, вдохновлённый примером своего героя и выполненным обещанием о двух хоум-ранах. Затем, когда Элеонора тихо плачет на трибунах, Гериг обращается к болельщикам: «Все говорят, что мне не повезло. Но сегодня — сегодня я считаю себя самым счастливым человеком на земле».
Lou Gehrig is a young Columbia University student whose old fashioned mother wants him to study hard and become an engineer, but the young man has a gift for baseball. A sportswriter befriends Gehrig and persuades a scout to come see him play. When his mother gets sick, Gehrig signs with the team he has always revered, the New York Yankees, to pay for the hospital bills. With the help of his father, he endeavors to keep his career change a secret from his mother. Gehrig works his way up through the minor leagues and joins the Yankees. His hero, Babe Ruth, is at first condescending and dismissive of the rookie, but his strong, consistent play wins over Ruth and the rest of the team. Gehrig is unknowingly included by his teammates in playing pranks on Ruth on the team train. During a game at Comiskey Park, Gehrig trips over a stack of bats and is teased by a spectator, Eleanor (the daughter of the ballpark hot dog magnate), who laughingly calls him "tanglefoot". Later, they are properly introduced, leading to a relationship, and then an engagement. Gehrig's mother, who still has not accepted the fact that her son will not be an engineer, does not take this news well; Gehrig finally stands up to her, and marries Eleanor. The Yankees become the dominant team in baseball, and Gehrig becomes a fan favorite. His father and fully converted mother attend games and cheer for him. In a re creation of a famous (and possibly apocryphal) story, Gehrig visits a crippled boy named Billy in a hospital. He promises to hit two home runs in a single World Series game in the boy's honor—then fulfills his promise. Gehrig is now the "Iron Horse", a national hero at the peak of his career with multitudes of fans, many loyal friends, and an adoring wife. Then he begins to notice, with growing alarm, that his strength is slowly ebbing away. Though he continues to play, and extends his consecutive game streak to a seemingly insurmountable record, his physical condition continues its inexorable decline. One day, in Detroit, he tells Yankees manager Joe McCarthy that he has become a detriment to the team and benches himself. After an examination, a doctor gives him the awful news: Gehrig has a rare, incurable disease, and only a short time to live. A short time later, on Lou Gehrig Day at Yankee Stadium, an older Billy finds Gehrig and shows him that he has made a full recovery, inspired by his hero's example and the two homer fulfilled promise. Then, as Eleanor weeps softly in the stands, Gehrig addresses the fans: "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
Производство
Сэмюэл Голдуин проявил мало интереса к первоначальному предложению Сэма Вуда снять фильм в честь Герига, поскольку не разбирался в бейсболе и не испытывал к нему интереса. Кроме того, общепринятое мнение в Голливуде гласило, что спортивные фильмы – это кассовый провал, так как женщины, составляющие более половины аудитории и принимающие большинство решений о посещении кинотеатров, не любили их. Однако, после того как Вуд показал новостную хронику со знаменитой речью Герига о «самом счастливом человеке», Голдуин, со слезами на глазах, согласился взяться за производство фильма. Купер, несмотря на идеальное соответствие роли благодаря физическому сходству с Геригом, а также тихой силе и мужской привлекательности, которые он излучал, неохотно согласился на участие, поскольку, как и Голдуин, не интересовался бейсболом. По одним сведениям, он никогда не смотрел бейсбольный матч и даже не держал биту в руках до получения этой роли. Утверждалось, что Купер, будучи правшой, не смог освоить убедительный левшевый свинг. Чтобы решить эту проблему, по слухам, его снимали в форме-отзеркалке, делая замах с правой стороны, а затем он бежал на третью базу вместо первой; после чего техники якобы перевернули пленку. Однако Том Шибер, старший куратор Национального зала славы бейсбола, доказал, что Купер действительно научился бить левшой, никогда не надевал форму «Янкис» наизнанку и не бежал на третью базу после удара. На самом деле, пленку перевернули лишь однажды – во время короткой сцены, изображающей выступления Герига в младших лигах в Хартфорде, чтобы Купер выглядел левшой – задача, гораздо более сложная для правши. («Он бросал мяч как старуха, подбрасывающая горячую булочку», – сказал Лефти О’Дул, безуспешно пытавшийся научить его убедительному левшевому броску.) Сцены, в которых Купер должен был бросать мяч как игрок «Янкис», снимали с его дублером, левшой Бэйбом Германом. Сцены, изображающие стадионы «Янки», «Комиски Парк» и другие бейсбольные арены, были сняты на «Ригли Филд» в Лос-Анджелесе, домашнем стадионе «Лос-Анджелес Энджелс» старой Тихоокеанской лиги, популярном месте для съемок бейсбольных фильмов того времени, а также для телевизионного шоу «Дерби хоум-ранов».
Samuel Goldwyn displayed little interest in Sam Wood's initial proposal to make a movie tribute to Gehrig, as he had no knowledge of or interest in baseball. In addition, conventional Hollywood wisdom dictated that sports pictures were box office poison, as women, who made up more than half the audience and made most movie going decisions, did not like them. After Wood screened newsreel footage of Gehrig's famous "luckiest man" speech, however, Goldwyn—with tears in his eyes—agreed to produce the picture. Although he was ideally suited to the part due to his physical resemblance to Gehrig and the quiet strength and masculine appeal that he projected, Cooper was reluctant to accept it because he, like Goldwyn, had no interest in baseball. By one account, he had never watched a game nor even swung a bat prior to taking the role. have asserted that Cooper, who was right handed, could not master a convincing left handed swing. To remedy the problem, the story went, he was filmed wearing a mirror image uniform and swinging from the right side of the plate, then running to third base instead of first; technicians then purportedly flopped the print of the film. Tom Shieber, Senior Curator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, has shown, however, that Cooper did indeed learn to bat left handed, and never wore a backwards Yankees uniform nor ran to third base after swinging. Film footage was, in fact, flopped only once, during a brief sequence portraying Gehrig's minor league days at Hartford, in order to make Cooper appear to be throwing left handed — a far more difficult task for a right hander to master. ("[Cooper] threw the ball like an old woman tossing a hot biscuit," said Lefty O'Doul, who tried unsuccessfully to teach him a convincing left handed throw.) Scenes requiring Cooper to throw a ball as a Yankee were filmed using his stand in, the left handed Babe Herman. Scenes purporting to depict Yankee Stadium, Comiskey Park, and other ballparks were all filmed at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, home of the Los Angeles Angels of the old Pacific Coast League, and a popular venue for baseball movies of the era, as well as the Home Run Derby television series.
Критический
Журнал Variety назвал фильм "волнующим эпитафием" и "сентиментальной, романтической сагой, которую определенно стоит посмотреть". Журнал Time отметил, что фильм представляет собой "любовную историю высшего класса", выполненную с "вкусом и изяществом", хотя и признал, что он "несколько затянут, повторяется и лишен драматизма". Поклонники бейсбола, надеющиеся увидеть много игры в "Гордости Янки", будут разочарованы. Бэйб Рут появляется в фильме, играя самого себя достоверно и с немалым юмором; также в фильме снялись Билл Дики, Боб Мюзель и Марк Кениг из "Янки". Но бейсбол играет лишь второстепенную роль. Герой не совершает решающий удар и не завоевывает сердце девушки. Он просто трудолюбивый, скромный и очень талантливый профессионал. Фильм рассказывает историю его безупречной жизни в уникальном мире профессиональных бейсболистов. Босли Кроутер из The New York Times назвал его "нежным, скрупулезным и откровенно повествовательным фильмом", который "склонен к монотонности" из-за своей продолжительности и внимания к "приятным деталям". Фильм принес 3 332 000 долларов в виде арендной платы в кинотеатрах США и Канады и еще 855 000 долларов от зарубежной прокатной платы.
Variety magazine called the film a "stirring epitaph" and a "sentimental, romantic saga well worth seeing." Time magazine said the film was a "grade A love story" done with "taste and distinction" though it was "somewhat overlong, repetitive, undramatic. Baseball fans who hope to see much baseball played in Pride of the Yankees will be disappointed. Babe Ruth is there, playing himself with fidelity and considerable humor; so are Yankees Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig. But baseball is only incidental. The hero does not hit a home run and win the girl. He is just a hardworking, unassuming, highly talented professional. The picture tells the model story of his model life in the special world of professional ballplayers." Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called it a "tender, meticulous and explicitly narrative film" that "inclines to monotony" because of its length and devotion to "genial details." earning $3,332,000 in theater rentals from the United States and Canada and an additional $855,000 from foreign rentals.
Неточности/художественная лицензия
В начале фильма Гериг показан, как бьёт хоум-ран, разбивая окно спортивного здания Колумбийского университета. Это здание на самом деле расположено на северной оконечности кампуса, вдали от бейсбольного поля; его самые дальние удары, вероятнее всего, разбили окна соседнего здания, где находилась Школа журналистики. В фильме Гериг забивает два хоум-рана в игре Мировой серии против "Сент-Луис Кардиналс", где Бэйб Рут также бьёт хоум-ран. Этого никогда не случалось против "Кардиналс", но произошло в третьей игре Мировой серии 1932 года против "Чикаго Кабс". В фильме Гериг знакомится с Элеонорой Твичелл в начале своей карьеры и женится на ней вскоре после его первой Мировой серии. На самом деле они встретились в 1931 году, когда Гериг уже был признанной звездой. Они поженились в 1933 году. В сцене, где Элеонора просматривает альбом Лу, газетная вырезка о переходе Бэйба Рута из "Янкиз" датирована сентябрем 1935 года. Рут последний раз играл за "Янкиз" в 1934 году. Он начал сезон 1935 года в составе "Бостон Брейвз", но ушёл в отставку в конце мая. В одной из самых запоминающихся сцен фильма врач сухо сообщает Геригу о его трагическом диагнозе, неутешительном прогнозе и недолгой продолжительности жизни. Фактически, врачи клиники Мейо, по сообщениям по просьбе его жены, представляли состояние и перспективы Герига в нереалистично оптимистичном свете. Ему, в частности, дали "50-процентный шанс сохранить меня в нынешнем состоянии" на обозримое будущее и сказали, что ему "возможно, понадобится трость через 10 или 15 лет". В то время намеренное сокрытие плохих новостей от пациентов, особенно при раке или неизлечимом дегенеративном заболевании, было довольно распространённой практикой.
As the film opens, Gehrig is depicted belting a home run through a window of the Columbia University athletic building. That building is actually located on the north end of campus, well away from the baseball field; his farthest hits most likely smashed through the windows of a nearby building housing the School of Journalism. In the film, Gehrig hits two home runs in a World Series game against the St. Louis Cardinals where Babe Ruth also homers. This never occurred against the Cardinals, but did happen in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series versus the Cubs. In the film, Gehrig meets Eleanor Twitchell early in his career and marries her shortly after his first World Series. Actually the two met in 1931, well after Gehrig was an established star. They were married in 1933. In the scene where Eleanor looks through Lou's scrapbook, a newspaper clipping about Babe Ruth leaving the Yankees has a September 1935 date. Ruth last played for the Yankees in 1934. He had started the 1935 season as a Boston Brave, but he retired in late May. In one of the film's more memorable scenes, a physician matter of factly informs Gehrig of his tragic diagnosis, dismal prognosis, and brief life expectancy. In fact, Mayo Clinic doctors painted an unrealistically optimistic picture of Gehrig's condition and prospects, reportedly at his wife's request. Among other things he was given "a 50–50 chance of keeping me as I am" for the foreseeable future, and was told that he " may need a cane in 10 or 15 years." Deliberate concealment of bad news from patients, particularly when cancer or an incurable degenerative disease was involved, was a relatively common practice at the time.
Прощальная речь Герига
Не существует известной неповрежденной пленки с реальной речью Герига на стадионе "Янки" 4 июля 1939 года; сохранился лишь небольшой фрагмент новостной хроники, включающий его первые и последние слова. Для фильма речь не была воспроизведена дословно; сценарий сжал и перекомпоновал фактические спонтанные и неподготовленные высказывания Герига, а также переместил культовую фразу "самый счастливый человек" с начала в конец для усиления драматического эффекта. Основной посыл Герига остался неизменным.
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
"Фанаты, последние две недели вы читали о неудаче. И все же сегодня я считаю себя самым счастливым человеком на Земле. Я был на бейсбольных полях семнадцать лет и никогда не встречал от вас ничего, кроме доброты и поддержки. Посмотрите на этих великих людей. Разве кто-нибудь из вас не посчитал бы за честь провести с ними хотя бы один день? Конечно, мне повезло. Кто не посчитал бы честью знать Джейкоба Рупперта? А также создателя величайшей бейсбольной империи, Эда Барроу? Провести шесть лет с этим замечательным человеком, Миллером Хаггинсом? А затем следующие девять лет с этим выдающимся лидером, умным психологом, лучшим менеджером в бейсболе сегодня, Джо Маккарти? Конечно, мне повезло.
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
Когда "Нью-Йорк Джайентс", команда, которую ты готов отдать все, чтобы победить, и наоборот, присылает тебе подарок – это кое-что значит. Когда все, вплоть до садовников и тех, кто в белых халатах, помнят тебя с трофеями – это кое-что значит. Когда у тебя есть замечательная свекровь, которая принимает твою сторону в спорах с собственной дочерью – это кое-что значит. Когда у тебя есть отец и мать, которые всю жизнь работали, чтобы ты мог получить образование и развить себя – это благословение. Когда у тебя есть жена, которая была опорой и проявила больше мужества, чем ты мог себе представить – это самое лучшее, что я знаю.
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
Итак, я завершаю, говоря, что, возможно, мне выпала тяжелая доля, но у меня есть очень много ради чего жить."
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
"Я выходил на бейсбольные поля шестнадцать лет и никогда не встречал от вас ничего, кроме доброты и поддержки. Мне выпала честь играть с этими великими ветеранами слева от меня – "Рядом убийц", нашей чемпионской командой 1927 года. Мне также выпала честь жить и играть с этими людьми справа от меня – "Бомбардировщиками Бронкса", сегодняшними "Янки".
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
Мне даровали славу и незаслуженные похвалы ребята за проволокой в пресс-боксе, мои друзья, спортивные журналисты. Я работал под руководством двух величайших менеджеров всех времен, Миллера Хаггинса и Джо Маккарти.
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
У меня есть мать и отец, которые боролись за то, чтобы дать мне здоровье и хорошее воспитание в юности. У меня есть жена, спутница жизни, которая показала мне больше мужества, чем я когда-либо знал.
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
Все говорят, что мне не повезло. Но сегодня – сегодня я считаю себя самым счастливым человеком на Земле."
There is no known intact film of Gehrig's actual speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; a small portion of the newsreel footage, incorporating his first and last remarks, is all that survives. For the movie, the speech was not reproduced verbatim; the script condensed and reorganized Gehrig's actual spontaneous and unprepared remarks, and moved the iconic "luckiest man" line from the beginning to the end for heightened dramatic effect. Gehrig's message remained essentially unchanged. Yankee Stadium Speech "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. "Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that's something. When you have a wonderful mother in law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. "Film Speech "I have been walking onto ball fields for sixteen years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have played with these great veteran ballplayers on my left Murderers' Row, our championship team of 1927. I have had the further honor of living with and playing with these men on my right the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees of today. "I have been given fame and undeserved praise by the boys up there behind the wire in the press box, my friends, the sportswriters. I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time, Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy. "I have a mother and father who fought to give me health and a solid background in my youth. I have a wife, a companion for life, who has shown me more courage than I ever knew. "People all say that I've had a bad break. But today today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
Адаптация на другие носители
"Гордость янки" была адаптирована в часовую радиопостановку, прозвучавшую 4 октября 1943 года в эфире Lux Radio Theater с Гэри Купером и Вирджинией Брюс, а также 30 сентября 1949 года в эфире Screen Director's Playhouse с Гэри Купером и Лурен Таттл.
The Pride of the Yankees was adapted as an hour long radio play on the October 4, 1943 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Gary Cooper and Virginia Bruce and a September 30, 1949 broadcast of Screen Director's Playhouse starring Gary Cooper and Lurene Tuttle.