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Trivia mistake

posted 13 years ago by wellesradio
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The trivia page here mentions:

"When Samuel Goldwyn began looking for someone to play Lou Gehrig in "Pride of the Yankees," he quizzed baseball writers. The Sporting News polled the fans, and their pick was Cleavland Indians pitcher Johnny Humphries because of the strong facial resemblance. Goodwyn considered the candidates and chose actor Gary Cooper for the role. In a later movie Lifeboat (1944), Cooper mentions Johnny Humphries in a scene."

This isn't true. Gary Cooper wasn't even in Lifeboat!
how do we get this corrected?
Also how do we add a mention of the Seinfeld episode that refers to this movie. You know - "if you're one of us, you'll take a bite." The scene where Lou eat the Babe's hat is obviously referenced in that famous exchange from Seinfeld.

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[–] NickNoraCharles 10 years ago

Good catch, I missed that one. I was able to spot the other reference though: promising a kid on his hospital bed that a player will hit two homers. That's in "The Wink"!

[–] norberte-1 9 years ago

The movie had lou comming out during a game, or so it implied. If that was the case the streak would have continued. I believe lou took himself out before the game started.