Directed by:
Edward BuzzellCinematography:
L. William O'ConnellCast:
Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings, Thelma Todd, Tom Dugan, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Charley Grapewin, Russell Hopton, Rolfe Sedan, Ernie Adams, Nat Pendleton (more)Plots(1)
Ben Lyon plays an aspiring boxer in this pre-code drama. Cookie Bradford (Lyon) toils at a diner and works out at the gym while waiting for his big break. His one supporter is the gym owner's daughter, Honey (Constance Cummings). When her father dies suddenly, she decides to take over his business. The fighters, however, have no faith in a woman, and they all walk out on her -- except for Bradford. She begins coaching him and he starts winning fights. But when they marry and head for the big city, male prejudice towards Honey works against them until she manages to place Bradford in a charity fight held by a socialite (Thelma Todd, on loan from the Hal Roach Studios). Bradford then fights his way up to Madison Square Garden, but it all goes to his head. He ignores Honey in favor of the socialite, and dumps her as a manager in favor of Dan Wilson, a man with a big name and big promises. But Bradford's luck runs out and he loses his way to the bottom of the bill. It takes Honey's ingenuity to make him into a contender once again. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ben Lyon
USA
Best movies:
Hell's Angels (1930)
Night Nurse (1931)
Constance Cummings
USA
Best movies:
The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
Movie Crazy (1932)
The Criminal Code (1931)
Thelma Todd
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Tom Dugan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Easter Parade (1948)
Charley Grapewin
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Russell Hopton
USA
Best movies:
'G' Men (1935)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
The Criminal Code (1931)
Rolfe Sedan
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Ninotchka (1939)
Ernie Adams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Nat Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Harry Strang
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Edison, the Man (1940)
North by Northwest (1959)
Selmer Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Matty Roubert
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Texas (1941)