The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
- Directed by
- W. S. Van Dyke, Howard Hawks
- Genre
- drama film, romantic comedy, romance film, boxing film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A heavyweight boxing champion falls for a beautiful woman who runs a nightclub. Their romance gets complicated by his fame and her past.
romanticsportylightheartedfast-pacedcharmingdramaticclassic
What happens
The Prizefighter and the Lady is a 1933 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romance film directed by Howard Hawks and W. S. Van Dyke starring Myrna Loy and the professional boxers Max Baer, Primo Carnera, and Jack Dempsey. The film was adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin and John Meehan from a story by Frances Marion. Marion was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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