''The Personality Kid'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by

Alan Crosland Frederick Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927) and the first feature movie with s ...

, starring Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell. The film is based on a story by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker. It was released by

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on July 7, 1934.

Plot

Joan McCarty is married to boxer Ritzy McCarty, who has had some minor success because of his active footwork in the ring and colorful personality. His crowd-pleasing technique catches the eyes of promoters Gavin and Stephens. Under their management, Ritzy starts fighting in better venues and attracts the attention of Patricia Merrill. Patricia and Ritzy began an affair, which his wife Joan tolerates. When Ritzy learns that he has been winning because his opponents were paid to lose the fights, and that Joan agreed to these conditions, he leaves her. Ritzy is suspended for fighting in a fixed fight. Patricia loses interest in him because he is no longer successful. He takes a job attracting customers to a health lecture. Patricia is there and invites him to visit her, but he finds a pregnant Joan waiting at Patricia's apartment. Ritzy, now determined to provide a good life for his child, accepts an offer to lose a fight. However, Ritzy fights well and defeats his opponent after hearing that his wife has given birth to a boy. Impressed by the fight, Stephens visits him in the hospital and offers to put Ritzy back in the ring again, this time with legitimate fights.

Cast

* Pat O'Brien as Ritzy McCarty * Glenda Farrell as Joan McCarty *

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as Patricia Merrill * Robert Gleckler as Gavin *

Henry O'Neill Henry O'Neill (August 10, 1891 – May 18, 1961) was an American actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly dignified roles on film during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Henry O'Neill was born in Orange, New J ...

as Stephens * Thomas E. Jackson as Rankin * Arthur Vinton as McPhail * Clarence Muse as Shamrock * Clay Clement as Duncan

Production

Pat O'Brien, who had boxed at

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, was trained for the film by boxer Jackie Fields. Myron Schlecter, the boxing champion of the USS ''Arizona'', and former champion Mushy Callahan were O'Brien's opponents in the film. The film's prerelease title was ''One-Man Woman''.

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