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Arts & Entertainment

Film: The Pride of the Yankees (1942, NR, 128 min.)

Lou Gehrig, the Yankee's great first baseman and the son of poor immigrants, rose to heights of baseball fame - only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable disease known as ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Bill Stern, Ray Noble and his orchestra.

Note: This film was scheduled to be shown at MGPL on November 26, 2011, but a power outage delayed the screening.  

Location: Baxter Room - Auditorium (main floor)

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