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WHY DID ACTOR GARY COOPER DRESS IN A YANKEE UNIFORM WITH NEW YORK SPELLED BACKWARD DURING THE FILMING OF THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE STORY OF LOU GEHRIG?
BECAUSE GEHRIG WAS A LEFTY AND COOPER WAS A RIGHTY. COOPER HAD TRIED TO BAT AND FIELD LEFTY FOR THE PART, BUT LOOKED TOO AWKWARD. SO HE WAS FILMED BATTING RIGHTY AND FIELDING RIGHTY FROM THIRD BASE. THEN THE NEGATIVE WAS REVERSED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HE WAS PLAYING LEFTY. IN REVERSING THE NEGATIVE NEW YORK WAS NO LONGER SPELLED BACKWARD