The Magnificent Yankee (1950) On DVD

Actor:        Edith Evanson, James Lydon, Richard Anderson, Guy Anderson, Ian Wolf
Director:   John Sturges
Genre:       Drama
Year:         1950
Studio:      Warner Bros.
Length:     88
Released: June 22, 2009
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:         Black & White
Language:English
Subtitles  :N/A

DESCRIPTION:

When 61-year-old Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. arrives in Washington DC in 1902 to take his seat on the Supreme Court, he worries that he may be to old to achieve much. But his wife Fanny will hear no such nonsense: "It's never too late for those who love a good fight, for those who keep on looking ahead!" Fanny is right. Holmes will remain on the Court for 30 years, helping bring about momentous changes in the law of free speech, labor relations and other vital issues. But one thing would never change - the bedrock devotion Holmes and Fanny shared. Louis Calhern reprises his famed Broadway role (earning a 1950 Best Actor Oscar? nomination) as the Great Dissenter in this moving, lively and often humorous biography of The Magnificent Yankee.