What happens
Columbia athletic coach Blake introduces young Lou Gehrig to Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yankees, and Gehrig joins the team. Gehrig becomes friends with Eleanor Twitchell, whose playful banter with him develops into romance. Screen Director's Playhouse presents this dramatization of Pride of the Yankees, starring Gary Cooper in his original role as Lou Gehrig. The story follows Gehrig's career and his marriage to Eleanor, who stands by him through the years of his record-setting consecutive games.
Columbia University, Chicago, and New York during Gehrig's years with the New York Yankees
Characters: Lou Gehrig, Eleanor Twitchell, Blake, Miller Huggins, Coach
Listen for: Gehrig's first major league game in Chicago and the playful exchanges with Eleanor Twitchell
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.