The Pittsburgh Kid

Object number2014.7.1

Date1941

MediumPaper; canvas

Credit LineMuseum purchase.

DescriptionMovie poster for the 1941 film, "The Pittsburgh Kid."DimensionsHeight x Width: 42.25 × 27.75 in. (107.3 × 70.5 cm)
Inscriptions"The / PITTSBURGH / KID / A REPUBLIC PICTURE"

"BILLY CONN / JEAN PARKER / DICK PURCELL - ALAN BAXTER / VEDA ANN BORGEY AND THESE SPORTS CELEBRITIES / ARTHUR DONOVAN - HENRY ARMSTRONG / FREDDIE STEELE - JACK ROPER / SAM BALTER - DAN TOBBEY / Directed by JACK TOWNLEY / Screen Play by Earl Felton & Houston Branch - From the novel "Kind Tinsel" by Octavus Ray Cohen".

"Country of Origin U.S.A." ; "MORGAN LITHO., CORP., CLEVELAND, O." ; "20889".
Historical NotesMovie poster for the 1941 Republic Studio film "The Pittsburgh Kid." Billy Conn, a Light Heavyweight boxing champion from Pittsburgh famously fought and lost to the Brown Bomber Joe Louis in 1941. That year, capitalizing on his fame, he starred as himself in "The Pittsburgh Kid" a B movie with a boxing theme.

Related person William David Conn (1917 - 1993)

Related person Jean Parker

Related person Alan Baxter

Related person Richard Gerald Purcell Jr.

Related institution Republic Pictures Corporation

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