16mm Filmography
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THE CHAMP.

Andy "Champ" Purcell (Wallace Beery) is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking. After a winning streak, Champ fulfills a previous promise to buy Dink a horse, whom they subsequently name "Little Champ" and decide to enter into a race. At the track, Dink happens across a woman who, unknown to either of them, is actually his

Credits

Cast
Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich
Complete catalog record
THE CHAMP. 1931. 10 reels, sd., b&w. Credits: Producer, King Vidor; story, Frances Marion; dialogue continuity, Leonard Praskins; additional dialogue, Wanda Tuchock; film editor, Hugh Wynn. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Distributing Corp.; 19Nov31; LP2636.

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Ideal Pictures Corporation Motion Picture Catalog, 1940-1941 — title, format, sound, genre, credits
  3. Wikidata · Q463733 ↗ — color, country

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