The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story
1949 theatrical poster
Directed bySam Wood
Screenplay byGuy Trosper
Douglas Morrow
Story byDouglas Morrow
Produced byJack Cummings
StarringJames Stewart
June Allyson
Frank Morgan
Agnes Moorehead
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byBen Lewis
Music byAdolph Deutsch
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 12, 1949 (1949-05-12)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,771,000[1]
Box office$4,488,000[1]

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.[2] 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."[3]

The Stratton Story was a financial success and won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "The Stratton Story". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. ^ Ap (1982-09-30). "MONTY STRATTON, 70, PITCHER WHO INSPIRED MOVIE, IS DEAD". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-15.

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