The Champ (1931)

• OSCAR WINNER:
• Best Actor - Wallace Beery (tied with Fredric March for his performance in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
• Best Original Screenplay

Grab your dreams, come out of your corner and step out swinging. The Champ is ready to take on the world! With feet planted, chin tucked and its heart unashamedly on its sleeve, this original father-son tale (remade in 1979) remains one of the all-time great tearjerkers.

In an Academy Award-winning "Best Actor" performance, burly Wallace Beery—he of the fog-cutter voice and gruff warmth—plays the washed-up prizefighter making a ring comeback to provide for his son.

Nine-year-old Our Gang comedy star Jackie Cooper is Dink, as devoted a son as ever stood in any man's corner. Laugh. Cry. Cheer. Cry some more. Even as The Champ breaks your heart, it heals the spirit.