Get a ringside seat for the father-son picture of the year! In King Vidor’s timeless three-hankie tearjerker, Wallace Beery gives a knockout Academy Award winning performance as a washed-up prizefighter who’ll have to kick drink and vice to make a comeback to provide for his devoted son, played by young Our Gang star Jackie Cooper. It’s an emotional, heart-stopping classic that will have you wailing “I want the champ!”
Ariel Schudson discusses The Champ on the New Beverly blog.
