{"id":45192,"date":"2019-10-14T23:39:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T06:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45192"},"modified":"2021-01-23T23:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T06:43:00","slug":"kid-galahad-battling-bellhop-the-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45192","title":{"rendered":"Kid Galahad \/ Battling Bellhop, The (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Did you ever see a bellhop who didn&#8217;t want to be a fighter?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Poster.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA boxing manager (Edward G. Robinson) in continuous rivalry with a menacing gangster (Humphrey Bogart) signs on with a handsome and promising bellhop nicknamed &#8220;Kid Galahad&#8221; (Wayne Morris), but is distressed when his girlfriend (Bette Davis) falls for Galahad and Galahad falls for his sheltered kid sister (Jane Bryan).\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>Bette Davis Films<\/li>\n<li>Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Edward G. Robinson Films<\/li>\n<li>Humphrey Bogart Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Michael Curtiz Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMichael Curtiz directed this competently told if unexceptional tale of a naive but good-hearted farmer-turned-bellhop who is so handsome he makes women purr, and instantly causes both Bette Davis and Jane Bryan to fall in love with him. (It&#8217;s hard to blame them.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris2.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good thing the film opens with a charming scene in which Davis expresses her long-time devotion to Robinson, so we&#8217;ll rest easy as Morris falls for pretty but bratty Bryan instead. However, it&#8217;s Davis&#8217;s and Morris&#8217;s well-being we care most about, which makes it a bit challenging to watch the narrative take pains to separate them (Davis&#8217;s nightclub singer is clearly too much of a &#8220;loose woman&#8221; to deserve an upstanding guy like Morris). Humphrey Bogart merely lurks menacingly on the sidelines:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Bogart.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; waiting for a chance for his rivalry with Robinson to catch fire, but doesn&#8217;t have much of interest to do. This film is more engaging than the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39023\">1962 remake with Elvis Presley<\/a>, but not must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bette Davis as &#8220;Fluff&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Davis.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wayne Morris as &#8220;Kid Galahad&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kid-Galahad-Morris.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a one-time look for both Davis and Morris. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029080\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/17865\/kid-galahad#articles-reviews?articleId=133173\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/kid-galahad\/review\/103134\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Did you ever see a bellhop who didn&#8217;t want to be a fighter?&#8221; Synopsis: A boxing manager (Edward G. Robinson) in continuous rivalry with a menacing gangster (Humphrey Bogart) signs on with a handsome and promising bellhop nicknamed &#8220;Kid Galahad&#8221; (Wayne Morris), but is distressed when his girlfriend (Bette Davis) falls for Galahad and Galahad falls for his sheltered kid sister (Jane Bryan). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bette Davis Films Boxing Edward G. Robinson Films Humphrey Bogart Films Love&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45192\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45192"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65507,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45192\/revisions\/65507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}