Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Nascimento : 1895-06-24, Manassa, Colorado, USA

Morte : 1983-05-31

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. A cultural icon of the 1920s, Dempsey's aggressive fighting 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. Dempsey is ranked as tenth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and seventh among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and was inducted into The Ring's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1951.

Perfil

Jack Dempsey

Filmes

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
(archive footage)
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990
Himself (Archival Footage)
The BBC produced “Kings of The Ring – History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990” celebrates boxing’s marquee division. Comprehensive and nonjudgmental, it begins with Jess Willard’s victory over Jack Johnson in Cuba and runs through the Mike Tyson era.
Dempsey
Book
Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and Barbara Piatelli Dempsey.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Himself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
A documentary film about the life and career of one-time Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Max Baer.
Hollywood Without Make-Up
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Réquiem por um Lutador
Himself
Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn) é um lutador de boxe à beira da aposentadoria que não consegue arrumar um emprego normal e é obrigado por seu empresário a participar de lutas-livres, daquelas que mais parecem um circo.
Damn Citizen
Reporter
Louisiana's governor asks war hero Francis C. Grevemberg (Keith Andes) to lead the state police against corruption.
O Promotor de Encrencas
Jack Dempsey
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn when Bullet gets drafted.
The Golden Twenties
Himself (archive footage)
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
Big City
Jack Dempsey
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
Sweet Surrender
Anti-war propaganda musical set on an ocean liner.
Stars Over Broadway
Himself
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Promoter
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
Mr. Broadway
Jack Dempsey
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
A Dozen Socks
Jack Dempsey
A poor sap tries to impress his girl by fighting the great boxing champion Jack Dempsey.
Ways to Strength and Beauty
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.
Will He Conquer Dempsey?
Self
A profile of boxer Luis Firpo, who challenged Jack Dempsey for the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
The Battle of the Century
The released version of the championship boxing match between Jack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier from July 2, 1921.
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Jack Derry
Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.