| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Won | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Wallace Beery Tied with Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). |
| Best Writing, Original Story Frances Marion | |||
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Director King Vidor | |
| Best Picture (M-G-M). | |||
MGM
Directed by King Vidor
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Washed-up boxer Wallace Beery gambles and drinks away his life while trying to raise young son Jackie Cooper. Hopes are perpetually kept alive for a comeback, if Beery can somehow manage to stay sober long enough. A race horse won at the gambling table leads to the introduction to his real mother, a well-to-do lady who offers to take him back and give him a home and education. Jackie idolizes his father and resists, so he heads back to Tijuana where Beery finally has a chance at his prize fight. Sentimental to a fault, and tends to drag in the middle, but a real crowd pleaser in its day.
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