Joe palooka made his movie debut in palooka 1934 with stuart erwin in the. He plays a really inept fighter and stupid guy in general who is endearing for awhile but wears thin. Joe palooka, champ is a 1946 american film featuring the popular comicstrip boxer joe palooka. Of course it has jimmy singing his trademark song inka dinka do. Palooka 1934 has wonderful actor work by jimmy durante, lupe velez, and robert armstrongthis movie is an example of extremely good acting worth seeing, but brought down by notsogood directing, script writing, and dull casting choices esp. Joe has no choice but to fight a 500pound sumo wrestler to prove himself to tommy chang and his team china. Joe palooka has fought another man for revenge, and discovers that he cannot fight for a long time.
Gangsters frame joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Airing every tuesday and thursday at the dinner hour, the story of joe palooka launched with a huge promotion throughout the u. Joe palooka in the big fight 1949 cast and crew moviefone. His trainer knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Stuart erwin, the lead joe palooka protagonist character. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos and. Knobby walsh discovers joe palooka on a farm, and decides to make him a world champion.
Joe palooka in fighting mad 1948 reginald le borg, joe. The joe palooka story, popularly known simply as joe palooka, was a 1954 syndicated television series starring kirkwood and featuring former boxing champion maxie rosenbloom as humphrey pennyworth. Joe palooka is an american comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist ham fisher. For over fifty years, prizefighter joe palooka, his colorful manager knobby walsh, his girlfriend ann howe, and the many other characters that populated ham fishers famous comic strip brought enjoyment to millions of devoted readers. Vintage joe palooka inflatable bop bag 1950s 60s professional service great prices fast shipping excellent feedback product info this vintage blowup bop bag with sand in the bottom has no visible tears in the vinyl.
Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save knobbys honor. Comedy melodrama, featuring joe palooka, a conspiracy is uncovered, which aims to take over the entire field of boxing. Another of the many joe palooka bmovies made from the 30s to the 50s joe palooka in humphrey takes a chance joes sidekick gets a sort of top billing. The best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best duration. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. I had been looking fora big, goodnatured prize fighter who didnt like to fight. Monograms lowbudget, highgrossing joe palooka series carries on in this 66minute entry. Joe palooka was ranked one of the five most popular strips. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It is a fresh look at boxing and how boxing was fixed back in the 1930s. Water bottles in little women and other mistakes in film and tv starsinsider. Using a bad bmovie cliche, joe escapes police custody after hes found with a corpseand he and knobby seek out who is behind all this and why.
Comes with original cardboard pump and instruction sheet. The strip debuted on april 19, 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. Boxingmartial arts comics and books comic book plus. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable. This page was last edited on 22 january 2020, at 14. If this film had been made a year later, she would have been forced to cover up. On a transport ship, the men are shown the movie bare knuckles, starring joe. Another song from the album, coyotes, was made available for download on. Touting over 10,000,000 fans of the comic strip, heinz 57s spot ads of the era heralded the new series as the greatest 15 minutes of fun on the air. The movie flows along at a nice pace and jimmy even gets to sing his famous theme song too.
If you have an identical or similar to this auction item, please call or contact us to discuss. Joe and anne palooka, along with joe s trainer knobby, are vacationing when they a kidnapped by the professor and his gang. Stork bites man 1947 and joe palooka and the big fight 1949 while also writing for radio turning one of his suspense scripts into his first notable feature, the. Joe palooka in the big fight is a 1949 comedy film directed by cy endfield, based on the comic strip by ham fisher.
Of cy endfields 21 films, all but zulu 1963 and mysterious island 1961. Example of joe palooka sunday by ham fisher and tony di preta, december 3, year unknown. We have a collection of the original comics strips and a large amount of joe palooka comic. Joe palooka in the big fight 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Read the joe palooka in the big fight movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Joe palooka comic books are based on the comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist ham fisher in 1921.
Based on the comic strip by ham fisher, this comedy portrays the exploits of a fasttalking boxing manager and the young fighter he is mentoring. A good used print with a small amount of wear and the odd splice. In 1945, joes adventures came to radio in a daily series. The other 10 are each for a different character and these are captain flight, the blue flame, red rocket, torpedoman, the black cobra, secret agent 2b3, dan and dee, zaan of the jungle, deep sea dawson, rock raymond.
I have decided to make a list of all films based on comic books, and if i have missed any movies please let me know in the comments section. Joe palooka in triple cross 1951 joe palooka meets humphrey 1950 joe palooka in the squared circle 1950 joe palooka in humphrey takes a chance 1950 joe palooka in the counterpunch 1949 joe palooka in fighting mad 1948 joe palooka in winner take all 1948 joe palooka in the knockout 1947 joe palooka, champ 1946. And, this decade would not get its own section except for the emergence of a movie about pugilism that might rival on the waterfront for the best film on the subject. Joe palooka was a newspaper comic strip character created by ham fisher that appeared for the first time in april 1930 and lasted for over 50 years who was described by fisher as a big, good. In palooka, jimmy is fight manager knobby walsh opposite stuart erwin as. Gentleman joe palooka 1946 joe palooka in the knockout 1947 joe palooka in fighting mad 1948 joe palooka in winner take all 1948 joe palooka in the big fight. Joe palooka is an american comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion. An operation restores his vision, but hes told not to fight for a year. This public domain film was originally released as.
The best site for downloading free public domain golden age comic books. Fs joe palooka the big fight reel magic film forum. The creation of cartoonist ham fisher, at his height joe was syndicated to 900 newspapers. Joe palooka was a boxer who was neither incompetent nor clumsy and oafish. It is an entry in monograms lowbudget, highgrossing joe palooka series. Joe palooka in the big fight cast and crew tv guide. Jan 29, 2020 the 1960s, a time of protests and upheaval, was not a big decade for boxing movies. The first in the series was joe palooka, champ 1946. Joe palooka in the big fight 1949 gangsters trying to fix fights frame boxer joe palooka joe kirkwood for.
Jimmy durante plays the manager of joe palooka who he discovers on the side of the road. This article appeared in the books and arts section of the print edition under the. Gangsters trying to fix fights frame boxer joe palooka joe kirkwood for murder. Monogram pictures corporation is a hollywood studio that produced and released films. Lost tv classics featuring the joe palooka story dvdr.
Another of the many joe palooka bmovies made from the 30s to the 50s. This period, which witnessed an explosion of englishcanadian comic book publishing, is now described as the canadian golden age of comics. Joe palooka in the big fight 1949 has our girl lina playing a minor character somewhat following in the footsteps of lupe velez the mexican spitfire from the very first joe palooka movie starring jimmy durante, as the latin hottie who latches onto the cleancut hero with her allure thereby ruining him and taking him for all hes got in. See the full list of joe palooka in the big fight cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Aug 05, 2011 based on the comic strip by ham fisher, this comedy portrays the exploits of a fasttalking boxing manager and the young fighter he is mentoring. Joe palooka, champ is a 1946 american film featuring the popular comicstrip boxer joe.
Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of joe palooka in the big fight with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Joe palooka audiobook audio theater listen instantly. The undisputed boxing champion of comics is joe palooka. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Synopsis, on a transport ship, the men are shown the movie bare knuckles, starring joe. Contains 50 tall inflatable vinyl bop bag with image of joe on front and his name on back. Joe lopez, a 14yearold featured in the film, weighs nearly 400 pounds. Joe kirkwood plays joe palooka, the softhearted pugilist created for the funny papers by ham fisher. This film from monogram pictures is the beginning of a series with eleven sequels. The strip debuted in 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. Based on a real life boxer, pete latzo, joe palooka is a goodguy who really doesnt like to hurt people. Stork bites man 1947 and joe palooka and the big fight 1949. This turns out to be a difficult task because subversive elements try to prevent the bout. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
Joe palooka in the big fight 1949 cy endfield synopsis. The men later beg joe to tell the story of how he became champ. W mike bullock a fernando peniche ca michael marsicano mma fighter joe palooka is a fastrising starbut his dependence on the dangerous and eccentric billionaire mma fight team owner tommy chang could turn deadly at any moment. Joe palooka in the big fight starring leon errol and joe. This betterthanaverage joe palooka film finds our hero again played by joe kirkwood, jr. It wasnt a huge hit, but did well enough for a lowbudget film, and inspired a number of sequels which, in fact, continued to come out until well into the 1950s. This time, joe is framed on a bum rap by a group of gamblers. Any chance he gets to combine the two is like the chocolate syrup on a sundae.
The definitive the story of joe palooka radio log with. The story of joe palooka starred young teddy bergman alan reed, the voice of tvs fred flintstone in the. Aug 08, 2011 i have decided to make a list of all films based on comic books, and if i have missed any movies please let me know in the comments section. While on a nationwide tour, heavyweight champion joe palooka is asked to fight the mexican champ. The strip was adapted to a shortlived 15minute cbs radio series, 12 featurelength films chiefly from monogram pictures, nine vitaphone film shorts, a 1954 syndicated.
The same goes for jimmy durantes role of fight manager knobby walsh. Joe palooka in the big fight is a 1949 comedy film directed by cy endfield, based. The definitive the story of joe palooka radio log with alan reed. The professor plans to make joe throw a fight and shows up at the fight dressed as annes aunt. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. The bw filmstrips include a 3episode story titled joe palooka vs. Overview of joe palooka in the big fight, 1949, directed by cyril endfield, with leon errol, joe kirkwood, david bruce, at turner classic movies.