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A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)

ALL 01/15/1978 (en) Drama, TV Movie 96 Min
  • Release
    01/15/1978
  • Production
    NBC, Charles Fries Productions, Stonehenge Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    90%
  • Original title
    A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and his wife Eleanor. Their romance spans the time period from his days of glory with Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees to his unsuccessful battle with an incurable disease. As the story begins, the talented but shy Gehrig is already a popular Yankee slugger when he meets the outgoing Eleanor. Their romance begins hesitantly, but blossoms as they exchange letters while Gehrig is on the road with the team. However, Gehrig's possessive mother becomes a formidable obstacle, first to their marriage and later to their happiness. But their love for one another proves triumphant. In the midst of their happiness, when Gehrig is at the peak of his career, he learns that he is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The courage and dignity exhibited by the Gehrigs during this crisis make this a powerful, memorable film.

  1. Fielder Cook

    Director

  2. Story

  4. David Manson

    Producer



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  1. Blythe Danner

    Eleanor Gehrig

  2. Edward Herrmann

    Lou Gehrig

  3. Gerald S. O'Loughlin

    Joe McCarthy

  4. Ramon Bieri

    Babe Ruth

  5. Jane Wyatt

    Eleanor's Mother

  6. Patricia Neal

    Mrs. Gehrig

  7. Georgia Engel

    Claire Ruth

  8. Michael Lerner

    Dr. Canlan

  9. David Ogden Stiers

    Dr. Charles Mayo

  10. Gail Strickland

    Dorothy

  11. Valerie Curtin

    Kitty McHie

  12. Jennifer Penney

    Jennifer

  13. Lainie Kazan

    Sophie Tucker

  14. James Luisi

    Lazzeri

  15. Joe E. Tata

    Gomez

  16. William Wellman Jr.

    Dickey

  17. Charles H. Gray

    Kenderly

  18. Frederic Downs

    Papa Gehrig

  19. James Greene

    Kieran

  20. Robert Burr

    Joe Durso

  21. Wynn Irwin

    Barrows

  22. Scott Mulhern

    Bud

  23. Norman Bartold

    Grabiner

  24. George A. Cooper

    Mr. Twitchell

  25. Ellen Blake

    Nurse #1

  26. Jan Jorden

    Fanny Barrows

  27. Jonathan Sagall

    Draftsman

  28. Michael Yama

    Purser

  29. Milton Parsons

    Driver

  30. Victoria Carver

    Nurse #2

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 30 , Crews : 32

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A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978) 96 Min

ALL 01/15/1978 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 01/15/1978
  • Production
    NBC, Charles Fries Productions, Stonehenge Productions
  • Original title A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and his wife Eleanor. Their romance spans the time period from his days of glory with Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees to his unsuccessful battle with an incurable disease. As the story begins, the talented but shy Gehrig is already a popular Yankee slugger when he meets the outgoing Eleanor. Their romance begins hesitantly, but blossoms as they exchange letters while Gehrig is on the road with the team. However, Gehrig's possessive mother becomes a formidable obstacle, first to their marriage and later to their happiness. But their love for one another proves triumphant. In the midst of their happiness, when Gehrig is at the peak of his career, he learns that he is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The courage and dignity exhibited by the Gehrigs during this crisis make this a powerful, memorable film.

  1. Fielder Cook

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Newhouse

    Editor

  4. David Manson

    Producer



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