Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer

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Film Date
1964
Film Reference Number
V63839-1
Description
KPIX-TV documentary film from 1964 about the life and career of one-time Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Max Baer. Features interviews with: Mary Ellen Baer; Max Baer Jr; Ancil Hoffman; Dave Hope; Buddy Baer and Jack Dempsey. Also includes brief views of Baer's fights with Max Schmeling Jim Braddock and Joe Louis and scenes from Baer's publicity campaign for a fight with Tony Galento in 1940. This documentary was written and produced by Caryl Coleman and directed by Dick Williams.
Format
16mm b&w optical sound film
Availability
DVD Screener 50