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The Champ is a 1931 American drama film directed by King Vidor and produced by King Vidor, Irving Thalberg, and Harry Rapf. The screenplay was written by Frances Marion, with music composed by Irving Berlin. The film stars Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, and Roscoe Ates. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and filmed in Mexico, with narrative locations including Tijuana. The story centers on a broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggling to keep custody of his son.
The film was released on November 21, 1931, with a runtime of 86 minutes. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix in video on demand format. The Champ received the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Story. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Story, and Best Picture. The production had a budget of 356000 and generated revenue of 1600000. It is presented in black-and-white.
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7.2A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Cast
- Wallace Beery as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
- Jackie Cooper as Dink Purcell
- Irene Rich as Linda Carleton
- Roscoe Ates as Sponge
- Edward Brophy as Tim
- Hale Hamilton as Tony Carleton
Themes
- sports
- gambling
- fighter
- boxer
- alcoholic
- single father
- racetrack
- alcoholic father
- prizefight
- divorced parents
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- alcoholism
- Director
- King Vidor
- Cast member
- Hale Hamilton
- Composer
- Irving Berlin
- Producer
- Harry Rapf
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Narrative location
- Tijuana
- Filming location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 163311
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Champ (1931) trailer 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1931-01-01
- title
- The Champ
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Master
- review score
- 96%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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