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The Champ. (1931 film) The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock. The picture tells the story of a washed-up alcoholic boxer (Beery) attempting to put his life back together for the sake of his young son ...
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The Champ: Directed by King Vidor. With Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates. An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
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- Drama, Family, Sport
- King Vidor
- 1931-11-21
The Champ (1931) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Oscars SXSW Film Festival Cannes Film Festival STARmeter Awards ...
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In a Film Daily poll of national critics to name the best film of 1932, The Champ came in second to Grand Hotel (1932). In the third Academy Awards® balloting, The Champ was nominated for four Oscars®, including Best Picture and Best Director, the third of legendary director King Vidor's five nominations. It won Frances Marion her second ...
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A little rough around the edges and currently living in Tijuana, Andy Purcell, also known as Champ, is an ex-world heavyweight boxing champion who is trying to make a comeback. His career ended as a result of drinking, a vice which may thwart his chances at the comeback. Andy's adolescent son, nicknamed Dink, is his father's protector.
Dec 8, 2020. Dec 8, 2020. Champ (Wallace Beery) is a down-on-his-luck boxer in Tijuana whose son, Dink (Jackie Cooper), adores him despite Champ's addictions to alcohol and gambling. When Champ ...
Other articles where The Champ is discussed: King Vidor: Early sound features: Vidor’s success continued with The Champ (1931), an unabashedly maudlin—but wildly popular—tale of father-son love. Beery starred as a washed-up boxer who looks to make a comeback in order to keep custody of his son (Jackie Cooper). The film received an Academy Award nomination for outstanding production, and ...
