Acting
Georges Carpentier
Born January 12, 1894 · Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, France
Died October 27, 1975 · aged 81
Georges Carpentier was a French boxer who reigned as the world's light heavyweight champion in 1920-22. He is best remembered for his fight for the world's heavyweight crown with champ Jack Dempsey, one of the highlights of the Roaring Twenties.
Known For
The Show of Shows · 1929The Show of Shows
★ 6.61929
MovieMusic
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Toboggan · 1934Toboggan
★ 9.01934
MovieDrama
Toboggan, the 1934 Henri Decoin French boxing sports romantic love triangle melodrama (about a washed up boxer who makes a comeback for a sexy dancer, but she is two-timing him, and she brings her boyfriend into the arena during the climactic boxing match) starring Georges Carpentier (real life heavyweight boxing champion), Arlette Marchal, Paul Amiot, John Anderson, and Raymond Cordy. Note that because Carpentier was a real life boxer, he naturally was able to do his own boxing scenes, and the producer of the movie interwove footage of Carpentier from his actual matches into the film.
The Wonder Man · 1920The Wonder Man
★ 7.01920
MovieAdventureDrama
French Secret Service agent and boxer Henri D'Alour uncovers a plot to con the government out of millions of francs in its purchase of machinery.
Hold Everything · 1930Hold Everything
★ 8.01930
MovieMusicComedy
A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
Palace Music Hall · 1925Palace Music Hall
★ 7.01925
Movie
The Battle of the Century · 1921The Battle of the Century
★ 9.01921
MovieDocumentary
The released version of the championship boxing match between Jack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier from July 2, 1921.
Le Roman de CarpentierLe Roman de Carpentier
Movie