- 12 years ago
Unrated | 1h 28min | Biography, Drama, Film-Noir | 18 September 1953 (USA)
The legendary boxer's life story!
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
Director: Robert Gordon
Writer: Robert Sylvester (original screenplay)
Stars: Coley Wallace, Hilda Simms, Paul Stewart
The legendary boxer's life story!
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
Director: Robert Gordon
Writer: Robert Sylvester (original screenplay)
Stars: Coley Wallace, Hilda Simms, Paul Stewart
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00:00:29This Marciano is another Dempsey.
00:00:30By the way he felt it, that Lewis was something to see.
00:00:34Lewis is through for real now.
00:00:36He should have quit while he was ahead.
00:00:39What are you doing here?
00:00:40I thought you were going home.
00:00:41Well, Rocky almost knocked him out of the ring.
00:00:42The kid's got a punch like a ten-ton truck.
00:00:43He'll be the next champ for sure.
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00:04:38I heard you want to be a fighter, huh?
00:04:39Yes, sir.
00:04:40Yeah?
00:04:41Tough game, you know.
00:04:42Think you can take it?
00:04:43I'll try.
00:04:44Let me see your hand.
00:04:47Let me see the other one.
00:04:51You look pretty strong.
00:04:52Go in the back and put some stuff on her
00:04:54and let me see how you look on the floor.
00:04:56Put that fill over there, will you?
00:05:02Snap that jab.
00:05:03Snap that jab.
00:05:04Put your hand all the way down.
00:05:06Okay.
00:05:07Put your hand out.
00:05:08Let me see how you...
00:05:09Not like that.
00:05:10Like this.
00:05:11Bend over a little bit.
00:05:12Just like that.
00:05:13See?
00:05:14Now, jab on this hand.
00:05:17Not like this.
00:05:18This way.
00:05:19Hold your hand.
00:05:20Now let me show you what I mean.
00:05:21See?
00:05:22Snap it.
00:05:23See what I mean?
00:05:24Do it again.
00:05:25That's it.
00:05:26Now let me see this hand right behind you.
00:05:28Flash my hand behind you.
00:05:29No.
00:05:30A little bit faster now.
00:05:32No, no.
00:05:33Like this.
00:05:34You see, you stick the...
00:05:36Flash.
00:05:39That's it.
00:05:40Now jab again.
00:05:41Let me see you jab again.
00:05:42Go ahead.
00:05:43Stick it.
00:05:44A couple of times.
00:05:45Double up on it.
00:05:46That's good.
00:05:47See?
00:05:48Flash my hand behind you.
00:05:50Now stick the left hand out.
00:05:51Stick it like you mean it.
00:05:52That's it.
00:05:55Stick a couple of times.
00:05:56Flash right hand.
00:05:57Let's go.
00:05:58That's it.
00:06:01Nice.
00:06:02Stick again.
00:06:04See if you can bring that hook back after that right hand.
00:06:07That's it.
00:06:08Right back, stick it.
00:06:11That's right.
00:06:12That's right.
00:06:13That's good.
00:06:14That's good.
00:06:16Hey, Joe.
00:06:17You forgot that fiddle there, buddy.
00:06:33No reason at all I got to hit, man.
00:06:42Jab again.
00:06:43Next time he jabs, now you counter with the right hand.
00:06:45Jab him again.
00:06:46Now you see, now you got hit with that right hand.
00:06:48Now you bring the...
00:06:49You drop the left hand.
00:06:50You got to bring it up a little higher.
00:06:51Now let's see you jab again.
00:06:52Go ahead, jab.
00:06:53No, no.
00:06:54You...
00:06:55Well, you got to wait till after he jabs.
00:06:56Then you counter with the punch.
00:06:57So you got to...
00:06:58You got to wait till after he jabs.
00:06:59Then you counter with the punch.
00:07:00So you got to wait till after he jabs.
00:07:01Wait till after he jabs.
00:07:02Then you counter with the punch.
00:07:03So you can't muff the punch right in midair.
00:07:05Now jab him again, Joe.
00:07:08See how you...
00:07:09Like this.
00:07:10Can't you do like this?
00:07:11Bring it right back here.
00:07:12He can't...
00:07:13He can't hit you over this
00:07:14as long as you got this hand like this.
00:07:15Now jab again.
00:07:18All right, Mom.
00:07:22You and I have a business conference to hold.
00:07:26Now, Joe, look.
00:07:27These are hard times.
00:07:28You know that.
00:07:29You know what it means
00:07:30to pay 50 cents a lesson for violin lessons.
00:07:34You know how hard it was
00:07:36for you to get that job at the factory.
00:07:38Well, for six weeks now,
00:07:40you've been coming home
00:07:42with a black eye,
00:07:43a cut lip,
00:07:44or a puffed up hand.
00:07:47And today,
00:07:48Professor Watkins comes to tell me
00:07:50that you haven't been to him in all that time.
00:07:53And now we find your name in the newspaper
00:07:57as a prize fighter.
00:08:00Semi-finals, Friday night.
00:08:03Joseph Lewis Barrow.
00:08:08Fair prospect.
00:08:12Well, Joseph?
00:08:15Mom, I didn't steal the money, Mom.
00:08:17I used it for a business, Mom.
00:08:19And I'll pay it all back.
00:08:20But I'm learning something.
00:08:22I'm learning something that'll make us all rich.
00:08:25You'd be proud of me, Mom.
00:08:28You mean,
00:08:29you have to learn to be a fighter?
00:08:31Yes.
00:08:33Where are you learning?
00:08:35In the gymnasium.
00:08:36I got promoted out of beginner's class
00:08:38in just two weeks.
00:08:39By Shorter-Lennon, he's training me himself.
00:08:41He says I'm his prized pupil.
00:08:43Are you sure in your heart
00:08:45this is what you want to do, son?
00:08:47I know it's the thing I can do best.
00:08:49You must promise me
00:08:50that now that you're in this thing,
00:08:52you'll give it all your thought and strength.
00:08:55If you're going to do it,
00:08:57you've got to do it right.
00:08:59I do, Mom.
00:09:00And I'll give it to you,
00:09:01and I'll make you proud of me, Mom.
00:09:04Maybe all the things for you
00:09:05and him, son.
00:09:08Or maybe that's when it really started
00:09:10with Joe's mother,
00:09:11on the porch,
00:09:12when she said,
00:09:13OK.
00:09:15Keep it up.
00:09:19Right.
00:09:30Get him.
00:09:31Keep it up.
00:09:34Keep it up.
00:09:35Right.
00:09:37Keep it up.
00:09:38Right.
00:09:41Go.
00:09:42Get back.
00:09:43Anyway, Joe won the Detroit Free Press Golden Gloves 175-pound class.
00:09:52They gave him a trophy and sent him along to Chicago for the Tribune's glove finals.
00:09:57He was carrying a cardboard suitcase, one change of clothes, and the family body.
00:10:08Good luck, George.
00:10:15Hi, Joe, come in.
00:10:21Hi, Alton, how are you feeling?
00:10:28I'm fine, how do you feel?
00:10:32I can still feel those muscles in the body.
00:10:34I guess they weren't hard enough.
00:10:35Well, I got lucky tonight, but you'll do better next time.
00:10:40There's not going to be a next time for me, Joe.
00:10:42What do you mean?
00:10:44No more fighting with my hands for me.
00:10:46I'm going into a different kind of fight game.
00:10:50I take my state bar exam next month.
00:10:53Joe, I'm going to be a lawyer.
00:10:55Are you kidding?
00:10:57What do you want to do in life, Joe?
00:10:59Well, Arthur, I'd like to be the best fighter in the world.
00:11:04You keep hitting as hard as you did tonight, you'll make it.
00:11:13Arthur, when you pass this law stuff and become a lawyer, I'd like you to be my lawyer.
00:11:20All right, Joe, I'll consider myself retained.
00:11:27Joe won the InterCity Amateur title, then the National Amateur Light Heavyweight Championship.
00:11:34Now he was ready to turn pro.
00:11:37The place was a Southside gym in Chicago.
00:11:40The year was 1934.
00:11:42His trainer, Jack Blackburn, pound for pound, one of the greatest fighters who ever lived.
00:11:47Mr. Blackburn?
00:11:49I'm Joe Lewis.
00:11:50Mr. Rochford's coming for you, Mr. Black.
00:11:52I'm Blackburn, that's Black over there.
00:11:54Hey, Julian.
00:11:55Yeah?
00:11:56It's time.
00:12:01Mr. Black, Joe Lewis.
00:12:03Well, hello.
00:12:04We've been expecting you.
00:12:06Come with me.
00:12:11Hey, Joe.
00:12:13You been carrying that bag in the same hand all the time?
00:12:16Yes, Mr. Blackburn.
00:12:18Come back here.
00:12:24Move it to the other hand.
00:12:28A bag can pull you off balance.
00:12:30Use two hands.
00:12:31Let the bag work for both hands.
00:12:33The bag is something heavy enough to exercise you.
00:12:36Yes, sir.
00:12:38And if you're smart, you'll do what he tells you.
00:12:41In the ring and out.
00:12:45Okay, Chapman.
00:12:47Come on.
00:12:50Now you're off balance.
00:12:56Keep that right foot back of the left.
00:12:58All the time.
00:13:01See?
00:13:03If I can't push you off balance, it's harder to knock you off balance.
00:13:06Remember that.
00:13:07Balance.
00:13:09The secret of a great fighter.
00:13:11Balance.
00:13:13Yes, sir.
00:13:14Balance.
00:13:26Balance!
00:13:30Time.
00:13:34You got a pretty fair left hand, Chappy, but it needs working on.
00:13:47Now you try.
00:13:52In.
00:13:58Now look to the bottom.
00:14:00Keep your right hand up so you don't get hit with the right.
00:14:06Now to the head.
00:14:08There you go, Chappy.
00:14:26Time.
00:14:29Got a pretty good left hand, Chappy.
00:14:32Not as good as your Gant, but pretty good for you.
00:14:58Okay, Chappy.
00:15:00You got a real sharp left now.
00:15:02Still not as good as your Gant.
00:15:05What could your Gant do so great?
00:15:07What could he do?
00:15:10A Joe Gant could catch flies in the air with his left hand.
00:15:15That's what Joe Gant could do.
00:15:44Got a pretty good left hand, Chappy.
00:16:13What was that man's name again?
00:16:16You and him don't even want to do that, Chappy.
00:16:18You satisfied, Mr. Blackburn?
00:16:21Now you call me Chappy.
00:16:23Chappy.
00:16:24Okay.
00:16:26Chappy.
00:16:39Joe came home to Detroit eight months and 16 KOs later.
00:16:44That night, two men from New York also came to Detroit.
00:16:47Jimmy Johnson and Mike Jacobs.
00:16:49They both wanted to sign Joe.
00:16:52They found him in the fraud club.
00:16:54And so did I.
00:16:56Hello, Mr. Jacobs.
00:16:57Captain McGee, I'm glad to see you.
00:17:01Joe Lewis.
00:17:02Is he going with you or Johnson in the garden?
00:17:05That's what I came to find out.
00:17:08Come on over to my table and we'll get the answer together.
00:17:22Which one do you want?
00:17:24Jacobs or Johnson?
00:17:32I'll take Johnson.
00:17:33The garden guy.
00:17:34He's closer.
00:17:36Well, Joe, you know what we're trying to do.
00:17:39Both of these men have made offers.
00:17:41All we can do is get both offers and try to decide what's best.
00:17:46They both have good stories, too.
00:17:49But maybe it's you who ought to decide.
00:17:53Anyway, here we go.
00:18:24Johnson says he'll open Madison Square Garden to us,
00:18:27but he makes a condition.
00:18:29Jacobs says he has the ballparks all tied up
00:18:31and can do more for us as an independent.
00:18:34What's the condition?
00:18:36We have to do things his way.
00:18:37He'll make the matches for Joe.
00:18:39The matches he sees fit to make.
00:18:41Does that mean handcuffs?
00:18:43I don't think so.
00:18:46How's the sound so far, Taffy?
00:19:17Hello, Joe.
00:19:18Hello, Bob.
00:19:19Say, that was a real nice fight tonight.
00:19:21Thank you, Bob.
00:19:22We got lucky.
00:19:23Will you join me?
00:19:24No, thanks.
00:19:25We're leaving right away.
00:19:26Joe, this is my cousin, Marva Trotter.
00:19:29Marva, this is the Joe Lewis.
00:19:31I'm happy to meet you, Mr. Lewis.
00:19:33We've heard such wonderful things about you.
00:19:36Are you Detroit girl?
00:19:38No.
00:19:39I live in Chicago.
00:19:40I'm just here for a visit.
00:19:42Whereabouts in Chicago?
00:19:44I'm in the boat.
00:19:52Good night.
00:20:07Johnson says you'll make us a million dollars.
00:20:10What else?
00:20:11Something to one of the boys.
00:20:13But we got to have Joe as a colored fighter.
00:20:20What did Jacob say?
00:20:21Jacob says he'll make Joe champion.
00:20:24Can he do it without the guard?
00:20:26I don't know.
00:20:29Well, which one do we go with, Taffy?
00:20:32We'll go with the man that'll make us champion.
00:20:35Taffy?
00:20:36Joe, meet Mr. Jacobs.
00:20:39We're with you, Mr. Jacobs.
00:20:41All the way.
00:20:42You made a good choice, Joe.
00:20:43Taffy McGeehan, newspaper man.
00:20:45Nice guy.
00:20:46How are you?
00:20:47Fine, Taffy.
00:21:00Can you do something, Taffy?
00:21:02We're going to have a lot of fun with that third strike.
00:21:08Joe was already a drawing card.
00:21:10They got him five fights in 25 days,
00:21:13then sent him on to New York for his first big-time fight
00:21:16with Primo Canaro.
00:21:18We all came down to cover him at Penn Station
00:21:20and went along when he delivered a letter from Mayor Kelly
00:21:23of Chicago to Mayor LaGuardia.
00:21:25He said he'd be back in a couple of days.
00:21:28We all went along when he delivered a letter
00:21:30from Mayor Kelly of Chicago to Mayor LaGuardia.
00:21:33It was a big day for Joe, but not so big
00:21:36he forgot a girl back in Chicago.
00:21:38Can you make this up?
00:21:39I think so.
00:21:40Miss Margaret Trotter, 5220 Concord Street,
00:21:43Chicago, Illinois.
00:21:44Arrived New York to fight Canaro next week.
00:21:47Going to gym to work out.
00:21:49Have to box six rounds today.
00:21:50No road work tomorrow.
00:21:52Raining.
00:21:53Miss you, Joe.
00:21:54May I have your last name and your address for reference?
00:21:57Poplar Lakes, New Jersey.
00:21:58Yes, of course.
00:22:00Joe found out what they meant by the saying
00:22:02the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
00:22:05Primo was big and he was game,
00:22:07but Joe got to him by the sixth and it was all over.
00:22:28Marvin, now you listen to me.
00:22:29Don't say a word until I'm finished.
00:22:31Now, we've been going out together now for quite a bit.
00:22:34And it's about time you know how I feel about you.
00:22:41A man can't always live in training camps and hotels.
00:22:44He's got to get out and meet other people.
00:22:48Not fighting people.
00:22:50He's got to get out and meet other people.
00:22:55Not fighting people.
00:22:57People like you.
00:22:59I love you and I want to marry you.
00:23:01If you want to love me, you tell me so.
00:23:03Do you love me?
00:23:09Like I always said, like that.
00:23:21Congratulations, Joe.
00:23:23Congratulations.
00:23:42I know, I know.
00:23:44You're leaving to fight Max Baer.
00:23:54I love you, Max.
00:24:07Mr. Black, what did he weigh?
00:24:09196.
00:24:11Hey, Joe, did you read where Dempsey will be in Baer's Corner?
00:24:14Mm-hmm.
00:24:15Well, will Dempsey being in Baer's Corner bother you?
00:24:19Can Dempsey hit me from there?
00:24:22No.
00:24:23Then he won't bother me.
00:24:27Main event.
00:24:2915 rounds.
00:24:32Preachable.
00:24:34Resilient.
00:24:36Sensational.
00:24:38Californian.
00:24:40And former world heavyweight champion.
00:24:46Champion.
00:24:48Max Baer.
00:25:01He's waiting for us.
00:25:05The new sensational futuristic product.
00:25:13Although coward, he stands out in the same kind with Jack Johnson and Sam Lankford.
00:25:27The idol of his people.
00:25:30None other than Joe Louis.
00:26:12Joe Louis.
00:26:42Joe Louis.
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00:27:34Joe Louis.
00:27:36Jacob sent me those IOUs you signed.
00:27:38What on earth did you need with all that money?
00:27:41Some fellas in Detroit.
00:27:43We got a business...
00:27:45Business, uh...
00:27:46Do you mean a business project?
00:27:47Yeah.
00:27:48That's the word.
00:27:52Several million people live in Detroit.
00:27:54Sometimes I think every one of them has borrowed money from you, Joe.
00:27:57I told you.
00:27:59It's a business project.
00:28:00But I was under the impression you were going to check some of these projects with us.
00:28:03But it's friendly business.
00:28:06Friendly.
00:28:07You're getting rid of money pretty fast, son.
00:28:10You can't keep it up at this rate.
00:28:12Don't worry, Arthur.
00:28:14If I need some more money, I'll get it from Uncle Mike.
00:28:23Maybe Joe was feeling too good by now, too cocky.
00:28:2626 starts and 26 wins.
00:28:30Maybe you couldn't blame him the more you wrapped oranges for a dollar a day.
00:28:34Hi, Dad.
00:28:35Hi, Joe.
00:28:37Hi, Chappy.
00:28:38Be with you in a minute.
00:28:39Ah, no hurry.
00:28:42Where are you going?
00:28:43I'm going to Mr. McCain to play golf.
00:28:46You don't like shot, that old son's going to boil the strength right out of you.
00:28:50You're losing weight too fast now.
00:28:52I like golf.
00:28:53Come on, Dad.
00:28:54We can call the game off if it's bad for him, Chappy.
00:28:58Come on, Pat.
00:29:06Joe, as you know, you've been chosen by Ring Magazine as the Boxer of the Year.
00:29:11You've been selected not only because of your accomplishments inside the ring,
00:29:16but also because of the fine sportsmanship and conduct you've displayed at all times.
00:29:24Thank you, George.
00:29:25And I'll do my best on it.
00:29:30Well, I guess it's time to cut the cake, Joe.
00:29:32Remember, you get the first piece.
00:30:25What are you doing playing with those kids' toys?
00:30:45What's it look like?
00:30:51Why ain't you in bed?
00:30:52Rested like you should.
00:30:54You're too good to rest, Chappy.
00:30:57You're fighting some men tonight.
00:30:59We'll be there.
00:31:01You ain't never fought in a real first-class counterpunch before.
00:31:04It's always first time.
00:31:06Drop that glove and get into that bed.
00:31:24Make sure you stay there until I call you.
00:31:54I'm sorry.
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00:34:19What's wrong with you, chappy?
00:34:22Tint coming up.
00:34:24Yeah, good right hand.
00:34:25Good right hand, Scott.
00:34:26Good right hand.
00:34:50Come on.
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00:36:16Joe.
00:36:18That punch he hit you with the fifth.
00:36:21The foul.
00:36:22Was that the big punch?
00:36:25He beat me fair.
00:36:27There was a lot of trouble in Ireland tonight, gang-spicking fights, turning over taxi cabs.
00:36:50It wasn't good.
00:36:53I always said that if I ever did anything to make anybody ashamed of me, I'd want to die.
00:37:08Well, one thing I can say about Tappy, he never makes the same mistake twice.
00:37:16Look, nobody got killed.
00:37:23We just got to step back a little, that's all.
00:37:28What we got to do now is start afresh, make up for that time we just lost.
00:37:35So you all got to step back a little.
00:37:38Now you got to make up for lost time.
00:37:41Lost time.
00:37:44You don't know the meaning of the word.
00:37:46Look at him.
00:37:48Nobody got killed, you say.
00:37:50How do you know?
00:37:52Were you in the ring?
00:37:54Was it your face on the floor?
00:37:56Joe was my husband.
00:37:58He belongs to me.
00:38:00He's not going to end up like everybody else.
00:38:03Caught and bruised.
00:38:05Just a few more easy fights, that's what you say.
00:38:08An old fighter like Schmeling.
00:38:12Joe, can't you see what's happening?
00:38:17Honey, I've got to make it good for the people who counted on me.
00:38:20Counted on you?
00:38:22Counted on the money?
00:38:24What about me?
00:38:26What about us?
00:38:28Who's counting on that?
00:38:30Where do we stand?
00:38:32What about our future, Joe?
00:38:34Now, this isn't the time to talk about that.
00:38:36What better time than now?
00:38:38Look at yourself.
00:38:40What will these people mean to you when all this is over?
00:38:43And what will you mean to them?
00:38:47Why don't you leave them alone?
00:38:50Better still, why don't you leave us alone?
00:38:53How much of them do you want?
00:38:57Joe, we're losing something.
00:39:01Whatever it was we had, we're losing it.
00:39:05I don't know if we ever had it.
00:39:09It isn't just this fight.
00:39:12It's us.
00:39:16Please, Joe, take me home.
00:39:24And now for the headlines in sports.
00:39:26Max Schmeling, the former heavyweight champion,
00:39:29arrived here late this afternoon on the Zeppelin Hindenburg.
00:39:32The German boxer who knocked out Joe Lewis last June
00:39:36informed reporters that German track and field stars
00:39:39in the recent Olympics all told him that they had been inspired
00:39:43to greater efforts by his victory over Lewis.
00:39:46Schmeling said, quote,
00:39:48the Fuhrer's heartiest best wishes accompany me to America.
00:39:52Unquote.
00:39:58I offered Schmeling $300,000 for a return fight and he refused it.
00:40:02Of course, he'll only fight Braddock for the championship.
00:40:05So let him.
00:40:07He'll only have to fight me afterwards.
00:40:09But the thing is, Joe, we don't believe
00:40:11that he'll hold still long enough for another shot.
00:40:13He's got to. It's only fair.
00:40:14Joe, it's not a question of being fair.
00:40:16Schmeling can't take a chance on losing to you.
00:40:19Hitler couldn't go for that.
00:40:21If he wins the championship,
00:40:23they'll never stop yelling about Aryan supremacy.
00:40:26They'll freeze their title so cold
00:40:28nobody will get a crack at it.
00:40:30Unless some bum of their own.
00:40:37There's got to be a way.
00:40:40I've got to have one more chance at him.
00:40:42I can't let one mistake ruin my whole life.
00:40:53I won't let my people down.
00:40:56You hear what he said?
00:40:58Calm down, chap.
00:41:00There's got to be a way.
00:41:02There is.
00:41:04I'll call my lawyers and then we'll talk with Jimmy Braddock.
00:41:42Go for it.
00:42:03Happy birthday to you
00:42:06Happy birthday to you
00:42:09Happy birthday dear Joe
00:42:12Happy birthday to you!
00:42:16Happy birthday.
00:42:17Thanks, fellas.
00:42:20Happy birthday, Joe.
00:42:21Thanks, Jeff.
00:42:22Happy birthday, Joe.
00:42:24Happy birthday.
00:42:28Happy birthday, Jeff.
00:42:33Remember the last one.
00:42:37Smell it.
00:42:39Hiya, fellas.
00:42:40Hi.
00:42:40Hi.
00:42:41Happy birthday, Joe.
00:42:42You sound like you've got a real present.
00:42:43I sure have.
00:42:45Federal judge just ruled the Braddock fight is on.
00:42:52Dig right in, Jeff.
00:42:54The trainer don't start until tomorrow.
00:43:08You eat it, Chappy.
00:43:32I'm not hungry.
00:43:33Yeah, what did I tell you?
00:43:35That Chappy don't make the same steak twice.
00:43:39This was it for Joe.
00:43:42He'd come a long way for a 23-year-old.
00:43:45A cracker for Champ.
00:43:4650,000 fans turned out to pack Comiskey Park.
00:43:50Braddock was a popular champion.
00:43:52It was the first heavyweight title match in Chicago
00:43:55since Tunney and Dempsey had fought it out 10 years earlier.
00:44:08Come on.
00:44:09That's a lot of fun.
00:44:10Come on, Chappy.
00:44:40Come on, Chappy.
00:45:10Come on, Chappy.
00:45:40Come on, Chappy.
00:46:10One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
00:46:31You're the heavyweight champion of the world.
00:46:33Not yet, I'm not.
00:46:41What'd you mean?
00:46:43None till I beat Smellin'.
00:47:11Good evening, Mrs. Lewis.
00:47:13Good evening.
00:47:15The show will be on in a minute.
00:47:21Now, ladies and gentlemen, we come to the highlight of the evening.
00:47:25Accompanied by the Ellis Larkins Trio,
00:47:27the internationally famous songstress, Miss Anita Ellis.
00:47:40I'll be around no matter how you treat me now.
00:47:52I'll be around from now on.
00:48:01Your latest love can never last,
00:48:08and when it's past,
00:48:12I'll be around when she's gone.
00:48:21Goodbye again,
00:48:25and if you find a love like mine
00:48:32just now and then
00:48:37drop a line to say you're feeling fine
00:48:44and when things go wrong
00:48:49perhaps you'll see
00:48:51perhaps you'll see
00:48:54you're meant for me
00:48:58I'll be around when she's gone
00:49:11Goodbye again
00:49:15and if you find a love like mine
00:49:22just now and then
00:49:28drop a line to say you're feeling fine
00:49:34and when things go wrong
00:49:39perhaps you'll see
00:49:41you're meant for me
00:49:47when she's gone
00:49:55I'll be around when she's gone
00:50:06Max came back from Germany with the blessings of Hitler and the Third Reich.
00:50:11He figured on finishing Joe no later than the fifth round.
00:50:16And so that's what's got me worried.
00:50:19And that's why I want to hire Manny Seaman to help me with him.
00:50:22Trouble is, I'm like a school teacher with Joe.
00:50:26I'm always after him.
00:50:29I need somebody to soothe him down.
00:50:31This time, Chappy don't need no discipline.
00:50:35Okay.
00:50:37Let's have a talk with Seaman.
00:50:39Ask him in.
00:50:45I'm surprised that Chappy needs help.
00:50:47Roxy, there's one thing about Chappy.
00:50:50We don't have to worry.
00:50:52He knows what he's doing.
00:50:56Mr. Roxburgh,
00:50:57Mr. Black, Mr. Manny Seaman, how do you do?
00:51:00Nice to know you.
00:51:02Have a seat, please.
00:51:07Chappy here seems to think you can be of some help to us with Joe.
00:51:11We know you trained Benny Leonard and five other world champions.
00:51:17I hope I can do you some good with the big fella.
00:51:20All right.
00:51:22See what you can do.
00:51:24Lots of luck.
00:51:25Lots of luck.
00:51:31To tell you the truth, Manny,
00:51:33I've been having one of my bad spells lately.
00:51:36I sometimes don't feel up to working right.
00:51:39When do we stop?
00:51:49I don't know if I told you I got a box.
00:51:55What do you think?
00:51:57The trouble is, he's too tight.
00:51:59Too tense.
00:52:01Yeah.
00:52:03If he keeps going like this,
00:52:05he's going to sweat himself out
00:52:07and leave the real fight here in the gym.
00:52:09I don't know.
00:52:11I don't know.
00:52:13I don't know.
00:52:15I don't know.
00:52:17I don't know.
00:52:19I don't know.
00:52:21I don't know.
00:52:23I don't know.
00:52:25He's pressing too hard. He's too anxious.
00:52:28Manny, I wish there was some way we could loosen him up,
00:52:31relax him.
00:52:33But when a boy's young,
00:52:35it's hard for him to relax before a big fight.
00:52:38I remember my first fight with old Sam Langford.
00:52:41I was training hard and Langford.
00:52:45Maybe that's our answer.
00:52:49Old Sam.
00:52:53There you go, Manny.
00:52:55Manny.
00:52:57Manny.
00:52:59Manny.
00:53:01Manny.
00:53:02Manny.
00:53:04Manny.
00:53:08Manny.
00:53:11Manny.
00:53:13Manny.
00:53:18Sit down, boy.
00:53:20I'll tell you a story.
00:53:22Who are you? How did you get in here?
00:53:23I'm just an old fighter.
00:53:25Nobody but reporters allowed in this camp. How'd you get in?
00:53:28Old Jack Blackburn brought me in.
00:53:30Oh, I got things to do. So long.
00:53:32I said sit down, boy.
00:53:34If you don't sit down, I'll have to get up.
00:53:37And if I get up, I'll have to go lick that old Jack Blackburn again.
00:53:40You lick Chappy? That's something I gotta see.
00:53:43I can lick him all right.
00:53:45Licked him four times.
00:53:47Sit down, son.
00:53:49Nobody ever licked Chappy four times.
00:53:51The reason I tell him what you said.
00:53:53Don't nobody have to tell him. He's right there now, listening.
00:53:57I don't see him. He's not there.
00:53:59He's there, all right. Don't have to see him.
00:54:02I can feel that skinny old tricker.
00:54:06I ought to be able to.
00:54:12Hi, Sam.
00:54:14Good day, Mr. Blackburn.
00:54:16Chappy.
00:54:18You listen good to what old Sam Langford has to tell you.
00:54:21Sam Langford?
00:54:23But, Chappy, he says he lick you four times.
00:54:32Sam, you know you never lick me.
00:54:35Four times you tried it, and four times it was a draw.
00:54:38Now, three of those times, I...
00:54:40You know I lick you, Chappy, four times.
00:54:44Don't go lying to this young boy, Chappy.
00:54:46Sam, you know you never really lick me.
00:54:48No? You want me to get up and lick you again?
00:54:54I say good day to you.
00:54:56There you go, Chappy.
00:55:04Sam, how'd you lick Chappy?
00:55:06Huh? Oh, yeah.
00:55:08Well, the, uh, first time was in New Orleans, see?
00:55:12I hit him with a bass.
00:55:14Then I hit him with a suit.
00:55:16What did he do?
00:55:17Then...
00:55:19Then he knocked me flat down.
00:55:20Did he knock you out?
00:55:21No, not me, never. He knocked me down.
00:55:24I sat there a minute.
00:55:26I looked up, and there he was, standing right there over me.
00:55:29I said to him, calm.
00:55:31Don't go away, young man.
00:55:33I'll be up there to see you in a minute.
00:55:35But you beat him.
00:55:36Of course I beat him.
00:55:39I called it a draw.
00:55:41What happened the next time?
00:55:42Well, the, uh, next time was one of them old-time finish fights.
00:55:47I wanted to figure some way to get old Jack mad before the fight.
00:55:51So I, uh, come into the ring carrying a big lunch basket.
00:55:56Sure enough, old Jack sent a referee in some second over to find out what I was doing bringing all that stuff into the ring.
00:56:02So I said, well, it's a finish fight, see?
00:56:05Don't know when I'm gonna finish, so I brought my lunch.
00:56:10There's that old blackbird getting mad at that.
00:56:13What happened?
00:56:15Fought all day.
00:56:16Another draw.
00:56:17But you licked him.
00:56:18Of course I licked him. Licked him again.
00:56:20But they called it a draw.
00:56:22What happened the last time?
00:56:23Oh, yeah, well, uh, nothing much happened that time.
00:56:28But how did he come out?
00:56:29Well, it was one of them no-decision fights, see?
00:56:34Well, that Teddy the Jew, son, that's the one fight that, uh, he might have won, maybe.
00:56:44You're a good boy, son.
00:56:46Got nothing to worry about.
00:56:57He let her out of left.
00:56:59It was sharp.
00:57:00It was hard.
00:57:01The right to the mark.
00:57:02Chappy can tell you.
00:57:04He hit with that right.
00:57:07Hi, fellas.
00:57:08Hi, Terrence.
00:57:10I just came from Schmeling's camp at Nepodack.
00:57:13He gave me quite a statement.
00:57:16Sit down, Terrence. Have some coffee.
00:57:18Yes, I had a very interesting conversation with him.
00:57:21Yeah?
00:57:23Tell you what he said.
00:57:24I will impress upon you men now
00:57:27of the terrific responsibility you have in this ring tonight.
00:57:31Not besides the unseen audience that is listening to this contest,
00:57:36but this great and enthusiastic crowd that have come out here
00:57:40and expect to see one of the greatest fights they've ever witnessed.
00:57:45There you go, Chappy.
00:57:57Come on, Terrence.
00:58:27Come on, Terrence.
00:58:57Come on, Terrence.
00:59:27Come on, Terrence.
00:59:52Yeah, Marv, I know.
00:59:54I've got to be in shape for the fight in less than a month.
00:59:57I can't come home now, honey.
00:59:59But it won't be long, I promise you.
01:00:01Well, why can't I come up to the training camp with you?
01:00:04No, honey, Chappy wouldn't stand for that.
01:00:06Chappy, Chappy, Chappy.
01:00:08Always Chappy.
01:00:10Maybe you want to be married to Chappy.
01:00:14Joe put his title up for grabs.
01:00:16Anyone could come and get it.
01:00:18They came, and they got it.
01:00:24But every fight separated them from Marvin.
01:00:27Training camps, his handlers, time, distance,
01:00:30and the demands of an awestruck public came between them.
01:00:54Still awake, honey?
01:01:08Since four hours ago,
01:01:10when you were coming back to take me to dinner.
01:01:12I'm sorry, honey. I couldn't help it.
01:01:14Seems like no matter what I want to do,
01:01:16there's always something I've got to do.
01:01:18Joe, how long can we go on like this?
01:01:21It won't be long, honey.
01:01:22We'll be together, and we'll have so much money,
01:01:24we'll be set for life.
01:01:25A fight can't last forever.
01:01:27I want to make sure I've got a few good-sounding investments
01:01:30so you can have what you want.
01:01:35It's you I want, Joe.
01:01:38None of the other things mean anything without you.
01:01:45I'm afraid of what's happening to us.
01:01:50I've had plenty of time to think.
01:01:52Nights like tonight, days when you're gone.
01:01:56I know what it takes to do what you're doing.
01:01:59It's not easy, and I'm proud of you.
01:02:04But I want to be with you.
01:02:11There's just so much at times.
01:02:14Getting to feel it's a kind of weakness.
01:02:17Come on, Joe.
01:02:24After six years of loneliness, Marla sued for divorce.
01:02:28Joe didn't know about courts or subpoenas,
01:02:31but he did instinctively what more husbands might do
01:02:33to subtle arguments.
01:02:39Joe, what are you doing?
01:02:41We're going home.
01:03:05Manny.
01:03:09Jack.
01:03:10You better take Chappy up in there tonight.
01:03:13What's that?
01:03:18That old arthritis working on me again.
01:03:31Go along with Manny, son.
01:03:33I don't think I could make it up them ring steps.
01:03:37Come on, Chappy.
01:03:39I'll make you a promise.
01:03:41You'll only have to walk up those steps once.
01:03:43Okay, we go.
01:04:10Doesn't seem real without Chappy, does it?
01:04:12No.
01:04:13You talk to him lately?
01:04:15Yeah.
01:04:19Talked to him on the phone yesterday.
01:04:21Sounds pretty weak.
01:04:23But he'll be all right.
01:04:25He's got to be.
01:04:28Sure.
01:04:32Well, might as well get set.
01:04:36Congratulations, Joe.
01:04:37It was a great fight.
01:04:38How do you feel?
01:04:39I feel pretty good.
01:04:40We had another lucky night.
01:04:41Were you in trouble at any time?
01:04:43Well, at times.
01:04:44But he's a good fighter.
01:04:46Joe, this is being short-lived for our troops
01:04:48all over the world.
01:04:49And since you've donated your first army relief,
01:04:52I'm sure all the boys in uniform
01:04:53would like to hear a word from you.
01:04:55Well, I'm glad I was able to do what I could.
01:04:58Can I say something personal?
01:05:00This microphone is yours, champ.
01:05:02I hope you're satisfied, Chappy.
01:05:07There you go, Chappy.
01:05:11There you go.
01:05:19In 1942, Joe left Uncle Mike
01:05:21and signed with Uncle Sam for $21 a month.
01:05:25And he made a new kind of appearance
01:05:27at Madison Square Garden.
01:05:29It was a Navy relief show,
01:05:31a night of stars with celebrities
01:05:33from Broadway and Hollywood.
01:05:36Walter Winchell called Joe up from the audience
01:05:38and presented him to the people.
01:05:40I guess none of us will ever forget
01:05:42the short, simple speech he made.
01:05:48I'm only doing what any red-bellied American would do.
01:05:52We are going to do our part,
01:05:55and we will win.
01:05:58Because we are on God's side.
01:06:01We are on God's side.
01:06:15Sergeant Lewis.
01:06:21Joe, I've got bad news.
01:06:24Just got a call from Chicago.
01:06:27Jack Backman's dead.
01:06:32Chappy?
01:06:44In the next three years,
01:06:46Joe traveled more than 50,000 miles
01:06:48doing morale work, talking to other GIs,
01:06:51fighting and refereeing for them
01:06:53and putting on exhibitions.
01:06:56He covered the 48 states,
01:06:58England, France, Italy, Alaska, and the Aleutian.
01:07:18Then, like several million other men,
01:07:20he came home to stay
01:07:22and to see his daughter, Jackie,
01:07:24already grown into a little lady.
01:07:28Hey, Jackie.
01:07:52Hey, darling.
01:07:54It's good to see you.
01:07:55We loved you. Did you have a good trip?
01:07:57Oh, wonderful.
01:07:59Did you love Daddy?
01:08:00How much?
01:08:01With all my heart.
01:08:02Oh, I feel pretty bad.
01:08:09Oh, oh, darling.
01:08:11It's been a while.
01:08:13I've been looking at you.
01:08:15I'm home, darling. Everything will be fine.
01:08:20I know it's going to be all right.
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