The Prizefighter and the Lady - DVD

The prizefighter is the real deal reallife World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer in an acclaimed performance. The lady shes the real deal too: Myrna Loy just before she shot to renown in The Thin Man. The movie is a twofisted bruiser of a ragstoriches fight story as fast and stinging as a workout on the punching bag. W.S. Van Dyke directs this saga of a hasbeen fight manager Walter Huston who rebuilds his career on the muscled back of a sailor Baer with lightning in his gloves and a mobsters moll Loy in his corner. The climactic scene pits Baer against thenreigning World Champion Primo Carnera Baer would take his title the next year in a thrillpacked fight refereed by exchamp Jack Dempsey. One woman helps make an unknown boxer a star but could a handful lead him back to obscurity again Steve Morgan Max Baer is a exsailor tending bar in a seedy dive when The Professor Walter Huston a boxing coach sees Morgan make short work of a troublesome customer. The Professor convinces Morgan that he has what it takes to be a successful prizefighter and takes him under his wing. One day while Morgan is jogging hes nearly hit by a car operated by an attractive woman named Belle Myrna Loy who is making a name for herself as a nightclub singer. Belle has been dating underworld kingpin Willie Ryan Otto Kruger but before long Morgan is able to win her away from Ryan and they get married. Morgans marriage to Belle turns out to be god for publicity and soon hes racked up an impressive string of victories but Morgan cant keep his eyes off other women and she has reason to believe hes been unfaithful. Belle despondent goes back to Ryan while Morgan starts hitting the bottle just as hes lined up a championship fight with Primo Carnera. The Prizefighter and the Lady gave heavyweight contender Max Baer his first leading role- a year after the film was released Baer faced off against Carnera in a real championship bout which Baer won by a knockout. Mark Deming Rovi. Genre: Drama. SubGenre: Classics. Release Date: 7 June 2011. Directed By: W.S. Van Dyke. Rated: Not Rated. Studio: WHV Archive WHVA . Running Time: 102. Region: 0. Display: 1.338:1 IMAX Black and White. Audio: Dolby Digital Mono Dolby Digital Stereo English. Discs: 1. Format: NTCS. Cast: Arthur Hoyt Ed Strangler LewisHimself Garry OwenJake Harry C. Bradley Harry Woods Jack DempseyReferee James J. JeffriesHimself Jean HowardShow Girl Jess WillardHimself Matt McHugh Max BaerSteve Morgan Morgan WallaceMr. Black Muriel EvansLinda Myrna LoyBelle Morgan Otto KrugerWillie Ryan Primo CarneraHimself Robert McWadeAdopted Son Vince BarnettBugsie Walter HustonProfessor Edwin J. Bennett. Crew: Art Director: David Townsend Cinematographer: Lester White Director: W.S. Van Dyke Producer: Hunt Stromberg Screenwriter: Frances Marion Screenwriter: John Lee Mahin Screenwriter: John Meehan. Extras: BwDvdR Nr Bw Dvd Mod. Dimensions: 7.5L x 0.5H x 5.4W.