[78-L] Knute Rockne

[David Lennick]

Still alive? He must be 129 by now. And in a state of shock on learning that 
Lou Gehrig didn't die of Lou Gehrig's Disease. (not OT, he made a 78 whose 
authenticity has never been questioned.)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/17/did-lou-gehrig-have-lou-gehrigs-disease/

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On 8/21/2010 6:08 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>    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?
>>
>> Kurt Nauck
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