The Champ (1931/I)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Escritores:

Frances Marion (story)
Leonard Praskins (dialogue continuity)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 noviembre 1931 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Familia | Deporte

Frase comercial:

Don't fail to get a ringside seat!

Plot:

Dink Purcell loves his alcoholic father, ex-heavyweight champion Andy "Champ" Purcell, despite his frequent binges...

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Gambling | Alcoholic | Jail | Boxing

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Heartwarming Classic

Reparto

Wallace Beery	...	Champ
Jackie Cooper	...	Dink
Irene Rich	...	Linda
Roscoe Ates	...	Sponge (as Rosco Ates)
Edward Brophy	...	Tim
Hale Hamilton	...	Tony
Jesse Scott	...	Jonah
Marcia Mae Jones	...	Mary Lou

También conocida como:

El campeón (Spain) [es]

Duración:

86 min (Turner library print)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #4248-R: 13 April 1938 for re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Agua Caliente Racetrack, Baja California Norte, Mexico

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

This film ranked second as best picture in the 1932 Film Daily poll of national critics, being beaten only by Grand Hotel (1932).

Errores:

Continuidad: During the fight, The Champ sustains a cut above his left eye, but when he goes back to his corner it is gone. The cut comes back when the fighting resumes and stays for the duration of the film.

Citas:

[Dink compares the swanky home to his own]
Dink Purcell: The Champ and I ain't fixed up swell as this, but our joint's more lively.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Sanford and Son: Pops 'n' Pals (#2.20)" (1973)

Banda de Sonido:

I Surrender Dear

Heartwarming Classic

This is one of those movies that will always have an audience simply because of the warmth and belief in the human spirit that lies at it's core. It's impossible not to be moved by this movie, not only by the two big 'tearjerker' scenes (the prison scene, and the finale), but also by the relationship between washed-up ex-champ Beery and his blindly devoted son. The affection between the pair comes across as genuine, and is never spoiled by being too sentimental. Pre-Hays Code, the pair are portrayed as loveable rogues with dubious morals (Beery only accepts one of his ex-wife's cigarettes after Cooper assures him that he stole it), an important aspect of the movie that would surely have been lost had it been made a few years later.

Only the big fight looks dated. The action is speeded up (presumably to increase the excitement for a comparatively unsophisticated '30's audience), which creates the impression of watching a video game. Also, Wallace Beery looks more like Butterbean than Tyson or Lewis, but that's a minor complaint that doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this wonderful movie.