Our Iron Man was not Tony Stark and he didn't have a metal suit capable of flying. Our Iron Man was Kid Mason (Lew Ayres) and he was a prize fighter. He began the movie losing in the ring because he didn't listen to his trainer/manager, George Regan (Robert Armstrong). In the process he lost his wife, Rose (Jean Harlow), because she didn't like losers.
Kid wised up and started listening to his manager and in short order he was the champ. Not only that, he got his wife back, much to the chagrin of Regan who knew exactly what kind of woman she was.
Once Kid was back in the clutches of his ambitious and selfish wife, he was a changed man.
Anyone who's followed boxing knows the story of the young and hungry fighter who wins the title and loses that hunger and that fire. It seems that such a story is as old as boxing itself. Boxers always have corner men, in and out of the ring, and sometimes those corner men don't care anything about the fighter himself; he's just a meal ticket.
The story of Kid Mason is a cautionary tale to people of any career choice when it involves being successful and earning a lot. There will be people around you who will leech off of you and don't care one bit about your well-being. You gotta keep those squares out of your circle.
Free on YouTube.
Kid wised up and started listening to his manager and in short order he was the champ. Not only that, he got his wife back, much to the chagrin of Regan who knew exactly what kind of woman she was.
Once Kid was back in the clutches of his ambitious and selfish wife, he was a changed man.
Anyone who's followed boxing knows the story of the young and hungry fighter who wins the title and loses that hunger and that fire. It seems that such a story is as old as boxing itself. Boxers always have corner men, in and out of the ring, and sometimes those corner men don't care anything about the fighter himself; he's just a meal ticket.
The story of Kid Mason is a cautionary tale to people of any career choice when it involves being successful and earning a lot. There will be people around you who will leech off of you and don't care one bit about your well-being. You gotta keep those squares out of your circle.
Free on YouTube.