The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story (1949)

James Stewart - June Allyson, In The True Romance of The Year

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

Date of release
1949-05-12
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Sam Wood

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Story

The Stratton Story is a 1949 American biographical film directed by Sam Wood that tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1934 to 1938. The film is the first of three to pair stars Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, followed by The Glenn Miller Story and Strategic Air Command. Stratton commented that Stewart "did a great job of playing me, in a picture which I figure was about as true to life as they could make it."

Production

Scenes were staged at various baseball parks, including:

Brookside Park in Pasadena, a spring training site for the White Sox

Comiskey Park in Chicago, the home field of Stratton's team, the White Sox

Gilmore Field, the home of the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, used in the final scenes of the film that were set in Texas

Stock footage was used to depict several other American League baseball parks in establishing shots.

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