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Auction History Result 4a544 CHAMP pressbook '31 boxer Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, King Vidor, boxing epic! Date Sold 1/10/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 19 1/2" [36 x 50 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) The Champ, the classic 1931 King Vidor (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) father-son family relationship boxing sports melodrama ("The stars of 'The Big House' and 'Skippy' -- now in one picture!"; "Story by Frances Marion"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about ex-heavyweight boxing champ Wallace Beery, who lives with his son, and despite his being an alcoholic and degenerate gambler, his son loves him dearly, but he meets his son's mother, who is now rich and remarried, and he realizes his son is far better off with his mother, but the son runs away, and Beery plans to have another boxing match, so that he can support his son) starring Wallace Beery (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; he tied with Fredric March who won for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, and Edward Brophy NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: fair to good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded once in each direction and has slightly darkened throughout. There is a large faint water stain in the left of all pages (see our images) Learn More about condition grades 
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