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The Prizefighter and the Lady: Directed by W.S. Van Dyke, Howard Hawks. With Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey. An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
- (1.1K)
- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- W.S. Van Dyke, Howard Hawks
- 1933-11-10
The Prizefighter and the Lady is a 1933 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romance film starring Myrna Loy and the professional boxers Max Baer, Primo Carnera, and Jack Dempsey. The film was adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin and John Meehan from a story by Frances Marion .
After hard-drinking Edwin J. Bennett, a washed-up boxing manager who calls himself "Professer," sees Steve Morgan, a strapping sailor, knock out a drunk in a bar, he arranges for him to fight in a bout with a one-hundred dollar purse.
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The Prizefighter and the Lady. Steve (real-life boxer Max Baer) is a brash bartender whose knock-out power is discovered by the Professor (Walter Huston), an alcoholic ex-fight trainer.
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- W. S. Van Dyke II
- Comedy
- Myrna Loy
Otto Kruger plays a gangster who's "kept" Loy's character, a singer at his club, in furs and jewels. Robert McWade plays Kruger's trigger man. Upon discovering Baer, whom he thinks will be the next heavyweight champion, Huston's character sobers up and begins promoting his young, handsome fighter.
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An ex-sailor (Max Baer) turned boxer, finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.Carnera was the world heavyweight boxing champion at the time of ...
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