Awards and Other Recognition
Film Editor Daniel Mandell won an Academy Award for his work on The Pride of the Yankees. The film received ten additional Oscar nominations:
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Cooper)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Wright)
- Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
- Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- Best Effects, Special Effects
- Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- Best Picture
- Best Sound, Recording (Thomas T. Moulton)
- Best Writing, Original Story
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
The American Film Institute ranked The Pride of the Yankees 22nd on its list of the 100 most inspiring films in American cinema.
In AFI's 2008 "Ten Top Tens"—the top ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—The Pride of the Yankees was ranked third in the sports category.
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