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"The Spirit of Notre Dame," which is dedicated to the memory of Knute Rockne is a winner top to bottom. It is a production devoted to the game, for it has no romantic interest. Among the many performers are several former gridiron luminaries, including Notre Dame's famous "Four Horsemen" of other years.
It is a skillfully directed film.
At the beginning one sees the freshmen arriving at Notre Dame, among them being Bucky O'Brien, played by Lew Ayres, who is not a little proud of having been known at Hookerville High School as "Hookerville's Flash."
J. Farrell MacDonald is the Coach and he gives a splendidly convincing performance, revealing a suggestion of vigilance during the games and a heart full of sympathy for an injured player named Truck McCall, who insists on going in again to play after he has suffered a broken rib.
The hero in this production is Bucky O'Brien. He falls from grace when he endeavors to show how much value he is in the game to a player of whom he is jealous. Bucky has a hard time with the determined Coach, but, after prancing around the Coach when his college mates hope that he will be sent in, the Coach relents and sends Bucky in to bring home the bacon. And there has never been a case on record when the hero did not accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. Here it is done after the whistle has been blown. But the play had started and on it goes. It is no secret to say that Notre Dame defeats Army.
And on a cot in a hospital Truck McCall is fighting for life. The Coach, even during the excitement of the game, does not forget to telephone to find out how his plucky player is getting along.
The acting is uniformly natural.
There are enough football players of recent days to please the most exacting gridiron enthusiast. Men whom one just knows by a number and a pair of legs are here beheld in close-ups. One hears and sees the plays without shivering in the wind or having somebody standing in front. There is Carideo, the famous quarterback. Now one sees Adam Walsh, Bucky O'Connor, Don Miller, Elmer Layden, Jim Crowley, Harry Stuhldreher and John Law and they awaken memories of games of not so long ago.
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Close-Ups of Gridiron Stars.
THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME, based on the story by Richard Schayer and Dale Van Every; directed by Russel Mack; produced by Universal.
Bucky O'Brien . . . . . Lew Ayres
Jim Stewart . . . . . William Bakeweli
Truck McCall . . . . . Andy Devine
Wasp . . . . . Harry Barris
Coach . . . . . J. Farrell MacDonald
Frank Carideo . . . . . Frank Carideo
The Four Horsemen—Don Miller, Elmer Layden, Jim Crowley, Harry Stuhldreher
Assistant Coach . . . . . Nat Pendleton
Peggy . . . . . Sally Blane
Adam Walsh . . . . . Adam Walsh
Bucky O'Connor . . . . . Bucky O'Connor
John Law . . . . . John Law
Moon Mullins . . . . . Moon Mullins
Art McManmon . . . . . Art McManmon
Al Howard . . . . . Al Howard
John O'Brien . . . . . John O'Brien |
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