Maxie Rosenbloom

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American boxer who held the world light-heavyweight championship from 1930 to 1934. Known as "Slapsie Maxie," he parlayed his punchy ringside persona into a long film career playing gangsters, punch-drunk fighters, and comic heavies.

Acted In

5.81942·1h 7mPD

Comedy, Crime

The East Side Kids earn money for baseball uniforms, but their plans collide with gangster Butch Brocalli when Muggs catches the eye of the ex-boxer's gang. Muggs lands in jail for refusing to inform on an old friend, while Danny's sister Ruth desperately needs money for an operation. Former East Side Kid Hank Salko, fresh out of prison, falls back in with the gang before deciding where his loyalties lie. Former light-heavyweight champion Maxie "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom plays Brocalli, and Gale Storm appears as Ruth. The tenth East Side Kids picture, directed by Wallace Fox for Monogram. The film entered the public domain because its copyright was not renewed.

Comedy · Crime · Drama

Smart Alecks

1942 - as Butch Brocalli