Knute Rockne

Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux radio theatre brings you Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Donald Fisps and Fay Ray in Canoe Rockney, All American. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

The tang of coming winter is in the air, the smoke of burning leaves is the perfume of the season. And during the past few weeks, millions of Americans have made their traditional weekly pilgrimage to the football fields of the nation.

Thankfully this year, as never before, that such peaceful battles are still theirs for the asking. Every school and college in the land has its gridiron great. Heroes of tact more thrilling than fiction. But the greatest of them all was Knut Rockme.

His name is a symbol of the American will to win, but win or lose to play the game the American way. Tonight in Knut Rockme, all American, You'll hear the true life drama of the beloved Notre Dame coach, played by Pat O'Brien, who is starring in the same role and Warner Brothers' great screen success.

Pat's performance in the picture is earning the combined cheers of screen and football fans. And with him tonight, we have Ronald Reagan and Donald Crisp, also of the picture cast, and Fay Ray. Luke Rockney was a goodie or more than just a coach to his players, so there's a goodie or more to his story than just football.

It's the saga of a hard-driving fighter who made life always exciting, of the woman he loved, and the adventures they shared. It's our answer to your many letters requesting this play. Letters we're glad to answer.

We get a particular thrill out of letters like this one from a lady in Wisdom, Montana, a town of prophetic name. She writes, I want to thank you for giving us such grand plays in the Lux Radio Theatre every Monday night.