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OSCAR WINNER:
Best Actor - Wallace Beery (tied with Fredric March for his performance in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Best Original Screenplay
Grab your dreams, come out of your corner and step out swinging. The Champ is ready to take on the world! With feet planted, chin tucked and its heart unashamedly on its sleeve, this original father-son tale (remade in 1979) remains one of the all-time great tearjerkers.
In an Academy Award-winning "Best Actor" performance, burly Wallace Beery—he of the fog-cutter voice and gruff warmth—plays the washed-up prizefighter making a ring comeback to provide for his son.
Nine-year-old Our Gang comedy star Jackie Cooper is Dink, as devoted a son as ever stood in any man's corner. Laugh. Cry. Cheer. Cry some more. Even as The Champ breaks your heart, it heals the spirit.
Original Release
11/21/1931
US Release
11/21/1931
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Wallace Beery | Champ / Andy 'Champ' Purcell |
Jackie Cooper | Dink / Dink Purcell |
Irene Rich | Linda / Linda Carleton |
Roscoe Ates | Sponge |
Edward Brophy | Tim |
Hale Hamilton | Tony / Tony Carleton |
Jesse Scott | Jonah |
Marcia Mae Jones | Mary Lou / Mary Lou Carleton |
Dannie Mac Grant | Boy Taunting Dink |
Frank Hagney | Manuel Quiroga - Mexican Champ |
Directors
Writers
Wanda Tuchock, Don Marquis, Frances Marion
Cast
Name | Character |
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Wallace Beery | Champ / Andy 'Champ' Purcell |
Jackie Cooper | Dink / Dink Purcell |
Irene Rich | Linda / Linda Carleton |
Roscoe Ates | Sponge |
Edward Brophy | Tim |
Hale Hamilton | Tony / Tony Carleton |
Jesse Scott | Jonah |
Marcia Mae Jones | Mary Lou / Mary Lou Carleton |
Dannie Mac Grant | Boy Taunting Dink |
Frank Hagney | Manuel Quiroga - Mexican Champ |
Dell Henderson | The Doctor |
Tom McGuire | Los Angeles Promoter |
Walter Percival | Los Angeles Promoter |
Bob Perry | Referee |
Lee Phelps | Louie - the Bartender |
Andy Shuford | Boy at Racetrack |
Dan Tobey | Ring Announcer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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King Vidor | Producer |
Harry Rapf | Producer |
Irving Thalberg | Producer |
William M. Weiss | Producer |
William Murray Weiss | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1932 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1932 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
1932 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1932 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Won |