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Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in The Champ Jackie Cooper sits up in bed smiling while Wallace Beery stands at a dresser wrapping his hand, in a scene from the 1931 film The Champ.
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The Champ

film by Vidor [1931]
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Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in The Champ
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in The Champ Wallace Beery (left) and Jackie Cooper in The Champ.

The Champ is a 1931 film directed by King Vidor and starring Wallace Beery. Beery won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a washed-up boxer attempting a comeback to regain custody of his son. The film was a popular, albeit maudlin, tale of father-son love. Wallace Beery had a long career in motion pictures, appearing in over 250 films between 1913 and 1949, and was known for playing gruff but lovable characters in his later career.12

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