{"id":39200,"date":"2017-08-16T12:20:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T19:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39200"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:47:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:47:28","slug":"prizefighter-and-the-lady-the-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39200","title":{"rendered":"Prizefighter and the Lady, The (1933)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He&#8217;s just a big kid &#8212; playful and thoughtless.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-and-the-Lady.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-and-the-Lady-117x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-and-the-Lady-117x300.jpg 117w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-and-the-Lady-50x128.jpg 50w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-and-the-Lady-399x1024.jpg 399w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-and-the-Lady.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs a beefy bartender (Max Baer) begins training with a washed-up boxing promoter (Walter Huston), he falls for the singing moll (Myrna Loy) of a gangster (Otto Krueger), who is primarily worried about Loy&#8217;s happiness given Baer&#8217;s enormous ego and roving eye.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Myrna Loy Films<\/li>\n<li>Walter Huston Films<\/li>\n<li>Womanizers<\/li>\n<li>W.S. Van Dyke Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nW.S. Van Dyke directed this pre-Code showcase for world heavyweight boxing champion <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Baer_(boxer)\">Max Baer<\/a>, who exhibited natural acting chops and was easily able to slip into the title role. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, his character isn&#8217;t exactly likable &#8212; he&#8217;s self-absorbed, arrogant, and an inveterate player &#8212; so it&#8217;s hard to maintain sympathy for Loy&#8217;s interest in him. The storyline is essentially a woman giving her life up for a man who doesn&#8217;t deserve her, and thus it&#8217;s hard to know what outcome to root for. There is a surreal interlude at one point, during which Baer sings and dances in a revue with a bevy of much-smaller women, showing off his strength and size; this is worth a watch (though Baer is no Gene Kelly). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-Women.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-Women.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-Women.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-Women-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-Women-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Baer-Women-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film ends with a lengthy fight between Baer and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Primo_Carnera\">Primo Carnera<\/a>, who he soundly defeated in real life the following year &#8212; thus making this flick of historical interest to boxing fans, but probably not others. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Myrna Loy as &#8220;The Lady&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Loy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Loy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Loy.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Loy-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Loy-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The surreal musical number (!!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Musical.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Musical.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Musical.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Musical-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Musical-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Direction.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Direction.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Direction-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prizefighter-Direction-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re curious. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0024475\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/87245\/the-prizefighter-and-the-lady#articles-reviews?articleId=81432\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s just a big kid &#8212; playful and thoughtless.&#8221; Synopsis: As a beefy bartender (Max Baer) begins training with a washed-up boxing promoter (Walter Huston), he falls for the singing moll (Myrna Loy) of a gangster (Otto Krueger), who is primarily worried about Loy&#8217;s happiness given Baer&#8217;s enormous ego and roving eye. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Boxing Love Triangle Marital Problems Myrna Loy Films Walter Huston Films Womanizers W.S. Van Dyke Films Review: W.S. 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