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William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), also known as "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer, who became a cultural icon of the 1920s. Dempsey held the World Heavyweight Championship from 1919 to 1926, and his aggressive style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first million-dollar gate. Listed at #10 on The Ring's list of all-time heavyweights and #7 among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, in 1950 the Associated Press voted Dempsey as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years. Dempsey is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and was inducted into The Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1951.
Born William Harrison Dempsey in Manassa, Colorado, he grew up in a poor family in Colorado, West Virginia, and Utah. The son of Mary Celia (née Smoot) and Hiram Dempsey, his family's lineage consisted of Irish, Cherokee, and Jewish ancestry. Following his parents' conversion to Mormonism, Dempsey was baptized into the LDS Church in 1903 following his 8th birthday, the "age of accountability", according to Mormon doctrine. Because his father had difficulty finding work, the family traveled often and Dempsey dropped out of elementary school to work and left home at the age of 16. Due to his lack of money, he frequently traveled underneath trains and slept in hobo camps.
Rocky Marciano is a 1999 made-for-TV movie directed by Charles Winkler and presented by MGM. It tells the story of the rise to fame of legendary boxer Rocky Marciano.
The film shows Rocco's childhood through his fight with his hero Joe Louis. After the Louis fight it flashes forward to his post career, leading up to his death in a 1969 plane crash.
Actors: Walt Sloan (actor), Claire 'Fluff' Llewellyn (actress), Sandy Gulliver (actress), Jay Disney (actor), James Barbee (actor), Christopher Midkiff (actor), Michael Wexler (actor), Jason Knade (producer), Jason Knade (actor), Daniel Nearing (producer), Daniel Nearing (writer), Daniel Nearing (director), John B. Boss (actor), Diandra Lyle (actress), Dianne Bischoff (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Noah Wyle (actor), John Heard (actor), Michael Baumgarten (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Nemeth (producer), Maxine Brooks (miscellaneous crew), Richard Halsey (editor), Tim Blake Nelson (actor), Joshua Leonard (actor), Michael Baumgarten (producer), Susan Traylor (actress), Ian Ziering (actor), Fred Dryer (actor), Leonardo Nam (actor), Daniel E. Parr (miscellaneous crew), Daniel E. Parr (producer),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Brad Krevoy (producer), Til Schweiger (actor), Bruce Weitz (actor), Jürgen Schornagel (actor), Gerhard Schmidt (producer), Jeff Beal (composer), David Paymer (actor), Peter Pauli (actor), Richard Roundtree (actor), Rolf Kanies (actor), August Zirner (actor), Brad Krevoy (producer), Wilfried Hochholdinger (actor), Pimes Doerfler (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport, War,Actors: Ricky Tomlinson (actor), Nick Bicât (composer), Shane Rimmer (actor), Rudolph Walker (actor), Ken Stott (actor), Irvine Welsh (writer), Lee Ross (actor), Christine Tremarco (actress), Jimmy McGovern (writer), Crissy Rock (actress), Sally Hibbin (producer), Catriona McKenzie (producer), Sarada McDermott (miscellaneous crew), Alan Stocks (actor), Martin Oldfield (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jack Dempsey (writer), Sally Kellerman (actress), Bonnie Bartlett (actress), Charles W. Fries (producer), Rosanna Huffman (actress), Treat Williams (actor), Wally Rose (actor), Mark L. Taylor (actor), Michael Fox (actor), John McKee (actor), Sam Waterston (actor), Walker Edmiston (actor), Jesse Vint (actor), Billy Goldenberg (composer), John McLiam (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Robert Karnes (actor), Joe Gray (actor), Jerry James (actor), Jerry Hausner (actor), Johnny Duncan (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Bing Crosby (actor), Bob Hope (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Stanley Clements (actor), Charles Bronson (actor), Jack Dempsey (actor), William Bryant (actor), Norman Leavitt (actor), Lyle Latell (actor),
Plot: Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when Bullet gets drafted. Hogan's gangster partners "persuade him to enlist and keep an eye on the fighter, who is subsequently declared psychologically unfit for the Army. Enter Herbet Tuttle, a draftee eager to have Hogan turn him into a fighter. Hogan Reluctantly agrees only after he discovers Tuttle's aunt is the beautiful singer at a nightclub. From then on it's a case of stringing Tuttle along while trying to get close to his aunt. To further complicate Hogan's life there is a rulebook Military Police Officer who tries to squish the shenanigans.
Keywords: announcer, applause, army, arrest, aunt-nephew-relationship, bar, bar-brawl, battleship, boxer, boxingActors: Victor Young (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), Gary Cooper (actor), Jack Dempsey (actor), Ted Husing (actor), Al Jolson (actor), Rudy Vallee (actor), Fred Waller (producer), Fred Waller (director), Max Baer (actor), Walter Winchell (actor), Paul Whiteman (actor), Sophie Tucker (actress), Milton Hockey (writer),
Plot: In the first of Paramount's "Headliner" series, narrator Ted Husing travels up and down and around Broadway and other main stem New York City locations, and views the likes of Earl Carroll picking show-girls for hie Varieties; Al Jolson and Jack Benny rehearsing their radio programs; and other celebs, such as Gary Cooper visiting The Big Apple, and Bea Lillie and Sophie Tucker and others caught by the Headliner camera.
Keywords: 1930s, actor, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, actress, announcer, audition, backstage, big-appleActors: Bert Lahr (actor), Johnnie Walker (actor), Ed Sullivan (writer), Ernst Lubitsch (actor), Ed Sullivan (actor), Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom (actor), Lupe Velez (actress), Jack Benny (actor), William Desmond (actor), Jack Dempsey (actor), Jack Haley (actor), Ted Husing (actor), Tom Moore (actor), Edgar G. Ulmer (director), Ed Sullivan (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ginger Rogers (actress), Jack Dempsey (actor), Norman Foster (actor), Monta Bell (producer), Claudette Colbert (actress), Maynard Holmes (actor), Robert Presnell Sr. (miscellaneous crew), Monta Bell (director), Charles Ruggles (actor), Robert Presnell Sr. (writer), Leslie Austin (actor), Gene Tunney (actor), Daniel Reed (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Reed (writer), Katharine Brush (writer),
Plot: Toby McLean, a reckless sports writer on a New York City newspaper, covers the Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey heavyweight-championship fight in Philadelphia. There he meets Ann Vaughn, a feature writer for another newspaper, and they get married after a whirlwind romance. The romance begins to wane nearly as fast as it blossomed but, directly and indirectly, is salvaged by Toby's writer pal, "Shorty" Ross, and a ditsy socialite, "Puff" Randolph. Artchive footage provides shots of the Tunney-Dempsey fight, and other sports events of the era.
Keywords: 1920s, archive-footage, based-on-novel, buddy, celebrity, championship-bout, cigar-smoking, cigarette-smoking, columnist, dancerActors: Irving Bacon (actor), Jack Dempsey (actor), Bobby Dunn (actor), George Gray (actor), Barney Hellum (actor), William McCall (actor), Harry McCoy (writer), Larry Semon (writer), Phil Whitman (writer), Earle Rodney (director), Larry Semon (director), William Hornbeck (editor), Alice Day (actress), Natalie Kingston (actress), Mack Sennett (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,