The Champ
1931, Drama, 1h 26m
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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 wins enough money from a bet to buy Dink a horse, they enter it into a race, where they encounter Linda (Irene Rich), Dink's mother, whom he has never met. Linda's rich new husband, Tony (Hale Hamilton), convinces Champ to let Dink come and stay with them, but Dink's love for his father brings him back to Tijuana.
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: King Vidor
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Producer: Harry Rapf
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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A grittier version than the crappolo that they made in the seventies. This story probably played itself out many times among the down and out with similar tragic results.
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I've read other reviews that have called this sentimental and sappy. I guess I enjoy that on occasion. I identified with Beery's character trying to get by, struggling to improve himself. I also like performances by children who are precocious enough to show innocence at times, but mostly have a toughness and worldliness to match their adult co-stars.
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