Le Champion

Titre original : The Champ

1931
Approved
1h 26m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,2/10

3,7 k

MA NOTE

Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, and Irene Rich in Le Champion (1931)

Trailer for this drama directed by King Vidor

Liretrailer1 min 26 s

1 vidéo

25 photos

Boxing Drama Family Sport

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,2/10

3,7 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

A remporté 2 oscars
- 2 victoires et 3 nominations au total

Sponge
(as Rosco Ates)

Edward Brophy

Hale Hamilton

Tony

Jesse Scott

Jonah

Marcia Mae Jones

Mary Lou

Dannie Mac Grant

Boy Taunting Dink
(uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Manuel Quiroga - Mexican Champ
(uncredited)

Dell Henderson

The Doctor
(uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Los Angeles Promoter
(uncredited)

Walter Percival

Los Angeles Promoter
(uncredited)

Bob Perry

Referee
(uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Louie - the Bartender
(uncredited)

Andy Shuford

Boy at Racetrack
(uncredited)

Dan Tobey

Ring Announcer
(uncredited)

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Anecdotes
Wallace Beery actually got one less vote than Fredric March in the 1931/1932 Academy Awards voting for best actor, but the rules at the time considered anyone with one or two votes less than the leader as being in a tie. So both got Academy Awards.

Gaffes
As Dink plays on the balcony awaiting his meeting with Linda, he steals chewing gum and candy for himself off of a table on the balcony. He then steals the contents of a box of cigarettes, saying that he'll "bring some home for the Champ", and stuffs them into his right jacket pocket. However, during the ride home, Andy reaches into Dink's right jacket pocket and finds cigars rather than the cigarettes which we clearly saw Dink steal.

Citations
[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.

Connexions
Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)

Bandes originales
The Monkeys Have No Tails in Pago Pago
(uncredited)
Composer uncertain
Sung a cappella by Wallace Beery

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9/10

Features one of the best child performances of Old Hollywood

THE CHAMP feels like a quintessential Depression movie: it captures the poverty, pessimism, and sense of desperation so many experienced during that period. Beery and Cooper's father-son relationship is highly touching, and the latter's performance is one for the ages. Cooper's character is a child forced into an adult role due to his father's alcoholism and the hardboiled, macho attitudes of the men around him, yet he still possesses the naivete and steadfast optimism only children possess. It's a complex role for a kid to nail down, but Cooper hits every note perfectly.

THE CHAMP could have easily been a soppy mess, but the gritty aesthetic and underplaying of the actors keep it from such melodramatic excess.