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[wellpastcaring]

I can't believe William Holden was in films so young. Wonderful over the top performance by Lee J Cobb as his father.

[55mandreck]

Great movie thanks for the upload , I hate fighting , I was beaten up so many times at school and even as an adult I was heavily beaten and could even have died it was that savage , be careful out there ; people can be real evil especially when alcohol is involved , I had even bought the perpetrator and his pals drinks; as it was my birthday! . . . he should have listened to his wonderful dad .

As Shakespere said . . . If music be the food of love, play on. . .

[chr5210]

Who says "haven't you heard? Bonaparte killed the Chocolate Drop in the fight?" You mean it was the television reporter who make coverage in the special report news bulletin?

[MyHumanLife]

Absolutely fantastic, I'm glad i watched this!

[Maui5o]

@MyHumanLife I'm glad you did too :)

[hysope5]

Wonderful movie...I can't believe it...

Thank you.

[chr5210]

What you mean "let him alone?'' Eddie wanted Chocolate's manager get out before he slugged the manager of Chocolate Drop piece apart. But Joe warns and stops Eddie don't hit the manager. And he tell Eddie to let him alone. And then Chocolate's manager exits and get out here, and Roxy have the manager out Joe's room.

[Silenus6]

Where the hell was Frances Farmer? I watched the whole thing, looking for her. Where the heck was she?

[Maui5o]

@Silenus6 She's not in this movie.

[SuperRod88]

Thank you for posting this great film.

[Maui5o]

@SuperRod88 You're welcome :)

[chr5210]

Chocolate Drop was murdered?

[Maui5o]

@chr5210 No. He was already in ill health. His death was due to illness. The fight was too much for him.

[chr5210]

Who said "you!" You murdered my fighter!"?

[Maui5o]

@chr5210 Chocolate's manager.

[outinsider]

That was the right about of schmaltz I needed, the good kind.

[chr5210]

Does Chocolate Drop have a family when he was murdered in the fighting?

[Maui5o]

@chr5210 Yes. You can see them at 3:47.

[chr5210]

Is it manslaughter?

[Maui5o]

@chr5210 No because it wasn't intentional. It was an accident as they say in the movie.

[sky0725]

What a wonderful movie & what great acting!

[locheelad2]

True History. Forget the tune, the words to Rock-a -bye-baby, come from the Scottish Wars of Independense, a baby with ties to the throne of Scotland, was murderrd, brutally, as a warning not to mess with the soon-to-be, next King of Scotland. Horrible yes, but the point had to be made, that under no cicumstances, would any claimant ever kneel, to a King of England.

[somewhere6]

Liked the movie until the ending which seemed forced. They did a good job building up uncertainty about what could happen in the fight and with the characters. The death of the other fighter seemed too much like a convenient rabbit-out-of-a-hat in order to tie up all the hanging ends in the way they wanted, i.e. Holden and Stanwyck together and Holden reconciled with his father. I wasn't buying into Cobb as the father but Stanwyck was great as always.

[grabit1]

@somewhere6 Stanwyck was the wonderful glue that held so much together. For 55 years.

And hard to realize just from this early film that William Holden would eventually become one of our finest screen actors.

And Holden never forgot Stanwyck's glue.

[chr5210]

You! You murder my what? What did he say to Joe?

[Maui5o]

@chr5210 I believe he says "you murdered my fighter"

[TRONandFlynn]

The ending could've done without that corny and rousing version of "Rock-A-Bye Baby". Too, too cheestastic. Overall, good movie, though. William Holden and Lee J. Cobb just broke my heart in certain scenes.

[Maui5o]

@TRONandFlynn It was appropriate for that era and that's the song William's character Joe Bonaparte was playing, Brahm's cradle song.

[koln1996]

Fabulous film!!!

Thank You!!!

[MrTracythomas1]

Chocolat's Dead! Joe killed the Chocolate!! I know its not funny but....gosh.

[chr5210]

You! You murder what? Who is that protest demonstrator?

[WilliamHOLDENatYT]

wow!..what a nice movie!

they don't make them like that anymore!

[ShinigamiXC2]

Thank you for uploading...I wis they keep the original ending from the play. They gave it the typical hollywood ending of that era..but still good.

[ShinigamiXC2]

Thank you for uploading...I wis they keep the original ending from the play. They gave it the typical hollywood ending of that era..but still good.

[koln1996]

How did it originally end?

[ShinigamiXC2]

@koln1996. After the fight, there wasn't an exchange between Joe and Fuseli or Joe and Chocolate drops corner. After the news Lorna came to the locker room to check on Joe and he asked everyone else to leave. They talked about the death (bc he felt guilty) for a while and about the direction their lives had gone in (at this point Lorna had already married Moody). They decided to get away from it all and drive over the Washington bridge. They got in an accident and died. In a Nutshell

[ShinigamiXC2]

@koln1996 I skimmed over alot, but the ending was more psychologically charged rather then the Happily ever after typical hollywood ending. The idea is that they both died in the fast-lane by giving up the things they loved the most for what was popular. The actually play digs deeper into the this, but I still enjoyed the movie.

[chr5210]

Why did Chocolate Drop died? Joe is didn't mean too, his hands are clean and he's the clean fighter in boxing, there's something happen it's an accident. Why did Joe committed crime for murder and manslaughter of Chocolate Drop?

[mrsRogue]

Thank you very much for posting, I loved it !