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Reagan's early films, as many as nine a year, were forgettable. But there was one part that he yearned to play. He wanted somebody to film the life of Notre Dame's great football coach Knute Rockne so that he could play Rockne's star halfback, George Gipp. Reagan proselytized so fervently that someone filched the idea. Warner announced it would make the Rockne story, but the announcement made no mention of Reagan. He went to see the producer, asked for the part of Gipp and was told he was too small...
Million Dollar Baby displayed a tense defiance in Reagan, an untamed sexiness that he also used in Knute Rockne. His Gipp is famous for the deathbed peroration. But it's in his early scenes that he hints at the sort of screen personality he could have become, if Jack Warner hadn't insisted he keep playing the boy next door to the male lead...
...butler at the White House." George H.W. Bush is calling up memories from his years as Reagan's political mate, Vice President and friend, a huge and profound segment of Bush's crowded adult life. Yet the only Reagan movie he could remember seeing was the football classic Knute Rockne--All American, in which Reagan starred as the legendary George Gipp (the Gipper) of Notre Dame...
Interestingly, prior to this fall, the sign had not been lighted since 1993. That is when the sons of Knute Rockne last sat atop the college football rankings...
...loosely paraphrase famed coach Knute Rockne who in turn paraphrased famed player George Gipp, the breaks beat our boys Saturday, but they gave it all they had and the tried to win one for Harvard. And despite the outcome, those of us who were fortunate enough to see it take place should be impressed by the determination of both teams...