a deal was made between his wife eleanor gehrig and samuel , goldwyn. udios were not overwhelmed with the idea of doing a gehrig film, but they didn't get a good bit until goldman sat down in his storeroom and said, watch this newsreel. down in thedwyn sat storeroom and said, watch this newsreel. he watched the newsreel and stayed through the entire thing until gehrig delivered a speech. samuel goldwyn is crying. he says, play it again. he ordered his number two guy to reach out and make a deal. jeff: eleanor is a huge part of lou gehrig's life in defining his legacy, and putting herself in that category. richard: she wrote a book about 30 years later which became another movie in the 1970's. for this movie, she played the role of the legacy keeper. she would write letters to goldwyn saying, look at this script, it is wrong. you can have him wearing a suit in a yankees office. you can't have lou hit four home runs in a world series game, so they had him hit two home runs in a world series game. -- for a little boy with polio in the hospital. didn't happe

he represented ruth, he represented gehrig, he represented eleanor to the movie studios. the studios were not overwhelmed by the idea of doing a gehrig film. david ozel nick was interest-- was interested gold win sat down in his screening room at the we hest of his story writer and said watch this news real am he watched the news real. he stayed through the entire thing until gehrig delivered his speech. lights go up, samuel goldwyn is crying. he said play it again. lights go up, he ordered his number two guy to reach out to eleanor and make a deal. >> glor: lou-- eleanor is a very interesting part of lou gehrig's life and defining his legacy. and putting herself in that story as well. she wrote a book about it. >> she wrote a book, 30 years later, my luke and i which became another movie in 1970. but for this move ye, she was, she played the role of the legacy keeper. she would write letters to goldwyn saying this script, look at it. these things are wrong. you can't have lou being signed by manager miller huggins with huggins wearing a suit in a yankee office. she lost t