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Lux Radio Theatre - "Pride of the Yankees" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Pride of the Yankees,” episode 408, originally broadcast October 4, 1943. This CBS presentation was sponsored by Lux Soap and hosted by Cecil B. DeMille.
Gary Cooper reprises his celebrated screen role as Lou Gehrig in this adaptation of the 1942 film, tracing the Yankees first baseman’s rise in baseball alongside his courtship of Eleanor Twitchell, played by Virginia Bruce. Adapted for radio by George Wells from the Paul Gallico story, the drama captures the public demands and private life of the player known as the “Iron Horse.”
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