Article: Movie time. (Here Below).(Knute Rockne, All-American)(Rudy)(Movie Review)

Browsing around our local video store looking for a Saturday night fix, we were pleasantly surprised to come across a section labeled, "Sports Movies, Old and New," and we immediately began assessing the titles.

Having seen every sports title of consequence since "Pride of the Yankees," in which Gary Cooper, batting left-handed, appeared to be demonstrating what killed Lou Gehrig, we hardly expected to uncover a sleeper or luck into some ancient goodie like "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" or "The Set-Up," and we were right.

But a bell rang when we spotted two football movies stacked alongside each other: "Knute Rockne, All-American" (1940), a legendary oldie, ...

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