The Champ

The Champ

Infobox Film | name = The Champ (1931)


caption = original movie poster
director = King Vidor
producer = King Vidor
writer = Frances Marion Leonard Praskins
starring = Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich
music =
cinematography = Gordon Avil
editing = Hugh Wynn
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
released =
runtime = 87 min.
language = English
country = USA
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0021730

"The Champ" is a 1931 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock, and directed by King Vidor.

The movie stars Wallace Beery (boxer) and Jackie Cooper (Dink), and tells the story of a washed up alcoholic boxer who tries to put his life together for the sake of his young son Dink.

Beery won the Oscar for Best Actor (sharing the prize with Fredric March for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"), and Marion for Original Screenplay.

Remakes

1952 Remake

The movie was remade in 1952 as "The Clown".

1979 Remake

External links

*imdb title|id=0021730|title=The Champ


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