Magnificent Yankee, The

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.

• biography
• drama