[78-L] Knute Rockne

[Michael Biel]

  Considering the recent thread on Will Rogers, it should be noted that 
here is an example of the plane crash death of a famous national 
celebrity (at least here in the U.S.) 4 or 5 years before Rodgers and Post.

This record and the film of the locker room speech have long been 
considered legitimate, going back at least as far as Bud Greenspan's The 
Greatest Moments In Sports on Columbia.  Greenspan is very much a 
detective in sports films -- he wrote a great book "Play It Again, Bud" 
analyzing great sports mysteries on film such as the Long Count, Babe 
Ruth's called home run, and Clem McCarthy's wrong call on a race.  If 
anybody can get in touch with him, he would be the one who would have 
found the answer of the authenticity of the film and/or the soundtrack. 
   Here's the film of the speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ5YiQqrZCk

Does anybody know where the entire film is?  Note that the IMDb that Han 
quotes below states that there is archive film of Rockne included.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com



On 8/20/2010 9:17 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Never having heard of Rockne before, I googled the following info:
>
> "Other Notre Dame themed Films were made over the years. THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME (Universal 1931)featured J. Farrell McDonald as a Rockne look-alike coach. It also featured Lew Ayers, Andy Devine Nat Pendleton, as well as the members of the real Notre Dame Championship Teams featuring the real Four Horsemen."
>
> In IMDb is a description of the movie:
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022422/
> Release Date: 13 October 1931 (USA)
> Here is said in the list of the cast:
>        Knute Rockne ...  Himself (archive footage)
>
>
> It appears that Vic 22808 is one of the scarce examples where the Oakland label differs from
> the East Coast pressing.
> Both labels state: "(from Universal picture "The Spirit of Notre Dame)", but on the West Coast
> pressing is added: "(arranged by Christy Walsh)".
> A much later pressing has the RCA Victor double ring label.
>
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> Does anyone know what actor did the voiceover for Knute Rockne's
> appearance in "The Spirit of Notre Dame," later released on Victor 22808?
>
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