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The Personality Kid (1934)
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The Personality Kid
Overview
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
Cast
Pat O’Brien
Glenda Farrell
Claire Dodd
Robert Gleckler
Henry O'Neill
Bess Flowers
Thomas E. Jackson
Arthur Vinton
Clarence Muse
Clay Clement
George Cooper
G. Pat Collins
Al Hill
William Arnold
Ralph Brooks
Mushy Callahan
Billy Coe
Morrie Cohan
Heinie Conklin
Lester Dorr
Harrison Greene
Howard Hickman
Harry Holman
William Irving
Jack Kennedy
Mike Lally
Larry McGrath
Margaret Morris
Jack Perry
Paul Power
Phil Regan
Howard Russell
Mary Russell
Marvin Schecter
Harry Seymour
John Sheehan
Eddie Shubert
Landers Stevens
Dan Tobey
Pauline True
Sailor Vincent
Max Wagner
Billy West
Huey White
Leo White
Renee Whitney
Tom Wilson
Crew
Alan Crosland
Erwin S. Gelsey
F. Hugh Herbert
William Rees
The Personality Kid Film Details
Overview: Ritzy McCarty is a fighter managed by his wife Joan, who wants him only to fight until they have the money to build a better life. However, he has other ideas.
Tagline: A laugh packed story of a palooka champion who admitted he was the world’s bet!
Review: In many ways this was a very dumb film–no doubt because of the casting of Pat O’Brien as a boxer!! While it never made much sense to give O’Brien the macho roles he was given throughout the 1930s, this one was significantly worse because they made the mistake of showing him shirtless. The paunchy and petite-muscled O’Brien was just ridiculous playing a boxer. Heck, leading lady Glenda Farrell probably might have been just as convincing as a pugilist! And then to make matters worse, O’Brien showed all the boxing skill and grace you’d expect of an out of shape, slightly balding, uncoordinated and under-muscled man. To try and make the public believe in his machismo, they paired him with boxers who appeared too clumsy to be believed–falling all over themselves as O’Brien danced around the ring. And while dancing doesn’t require the same type of musculature as boxing, O’Brien even did a shabby job when it came to his footwork–requiring the studio to splice in a double’s legs in close up shots (the double had hairier legs if you look carefully). Now if you can ignore the ludicrousness of this casting, the film itself is pure 1930’s Pat O’Brien with all the usual clichés and nothing good in particular to distinguish it. Once again, he’s down and out and his pride won’t let him tell his girl the truth but by the end of the film he’s regained his old swagger and pride. Considering how many excellent boxing pictures have been made, I only recommend this to fans of O’Brien–all others will probably be unable to finish this formulaic bit of tripe.
Country: United States
Language: English
Duration: 68 min
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Also known as: One Man Woman,Comigo é Assim,The Personality Kid
