Magnificent Max Baer
Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California''s "Glamour Boy" brought back the "million-dollar gate" not seen since the 1920s. His radio voice sold millions of Gillette razor blades; his leading-man appeal made him a heartthrob in The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933). The film was banned in Nazi Germany--Baer ha...
Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California''s "Glamour Boy" brought back the "million-dollar gate" not seen since the 1920s. His radio voice sold millions of Gillette razor blades; his leading-man appeal made him a heartthrob in The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933). The film was banned in Nazi Germany--Baer ha...
