2 Movies Starring Roscoe Ates

The Champ

The Champ

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1931-11-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1926 Reviews)

Director:

King Vidor

Cast:

Writer:

Frances Marion (story)

Leonard Praskins (dialogue continuity)

Wanda Tuchock (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

Dink Purcell loves his alcoholic father, ex-heavyweight champion Andy "Champ" Purcell, despite his frequent binges, his frequent gambling and their squalid living conditions. And there's nothing Andy wouldn't do for Dink. When Andy wins a race horse gambling, he gives it to Dink and they race it at a Tijuana track. There, Dink meets Linda Carleton, a race horse owner herself, and they have an immediate rapport. But Linda's rich husband sees Andy and realizes Dink is Linda's son, who she gave up when she and Andy divorced. Andy is bribed $200 to allow Dink to visit with Linda, but refuses to allow Dink to spend six months with the Carletons. When Andy loses the horse gambling and winds up in jail after a drunken tirade, he realizes Dink's place is with his mother. Dink tearfully goes but sneaks out and returns at his first opportunity, filling a depressed Andy with a desire to make good. So Andy goes into training after his managers arrange a boxing match with the Mexican champion.

Freaks

Freaks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1932-02-20

Languages:

English, German, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

64 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(29972 Reviews)

Director:

Tod Browning

Genres:

DramaHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins (suggested by story: "Spurs")

Fullplot:

A circus trapeze artist, Cleopatra, takes an interest in Hans, a midget who works in the circus sideshow. Her interest however is in the money Hans will be inheriting and she is actually carrying on an affair with another circus performer, Hercules. Hans's fiancèe does her best to convince him that he is being used but to no avail. At their wedding party, a drunken Cleopatra tells the sideshow freaks just what she thinks of them. Together, the freaks decide to make her one of their own.

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