Pride of the Yankees Movie Question?

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Fun Fact:

Gary Cooper was right-handed so, in action shots, he would actually run to third base after hitting the ball...and then they reversed the film.

The insignia on his Yankees' cap was created backwards to complete the very-low tech deception.


- I personally don't know all this as fact, it could be an urban legend...but it sounds plausible.


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Here are links to two websites where this is discussed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/s...t-flipped.html

http://legendsrevealed.com/entertain...kees-reversed/

Basically, the gist of it is that Gary Cooper batted left handed as best he could, and wore a glove on his right hand in the field, but for throwing scenes, the film was processed backwards, he was shown in closeup (to avoid having to reverse the logos on any other players' uniforms/caps), and the logos on his cap and uniform were reversed.

Steve

[clydepepper]

Steve- Thanks for your research....good stuff.

Originally Posted by Steve D

Here are links to two websites where this is discussed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/s...t-flipped.html

http://legendsrevealed.com/entertain...kees-reversed/

Basically, the gist of it is that Gary Cooper batted left handed as best he could, and wore a glove on his right hand in the field, but for throwing scenes, the film was processed backwards, he was shown in closeup (to avoid having to reverse the logos on any other players' uniforms/caps), and the logos on his cap and uniform were reversed.

Steve