Maxie Rosenbloom
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Max Everitt Rosenbloom (November 1, 1907 – March 6, 1976) was an American boxer, actor, and television personality. Born in Leonard Bridge, Connecticut, Rosenbloom was nicknamed "Slapsie Maxie" by a journalist due to his open-gloved style of boxing. In 1930, he won the New York light heavyweight title. In 1932, he won the World Light Heavyweight Championship. He held and defended the title until November 1934, when he lost it to Bob Olin. As a professional boxer, Rosenbloom relied on hitting and moving to score points. He was very difficult to hit cleanly with a power punch and his fights often went the full number of required rounds. In his boxing career, he received thousands of punches to the head, which eventually led to the deterioration of his motor functions.
In 1937, he accepted a role in a Hollywood film. He became a character actor, portraying comical "big guys" in movies that included Each Dawn I Die, and Maxie retired from boxing permanently in 1939. Slapsy Maxie's, the first comedy club, opened in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He continued acting on radio, television, and in a number of films, usually playing comedy roles as a big, clumsy, punch-drunk—but lovable—character. He appeared in a number of episodes (playing himself) of The Fred Allen Show—including a skit with Marlene Dietrich. Rosenbloom played an important part in television's first 90-minute drama, Requiem for a Heavyweight, written by Rod Serling, and starring Jack Palance as a boxer at the end of his career. Rosenbloom played an ex-boxer, whose life revolved around retelling old boxing stories night after night to other ex-boxers in a down-and-out bar. It is the fate that looms for Mountain McClintock, Palance's character, if he cannot adjust to a new life outside the ring.
Slapsy Maxie's, his nightclub, is prominently featured in a 2013 crime film, Gangster Squad, which is set in 1949. The club, which actually operated in 1939 at 7165 Beverly Blvd and from 1943 to 1947, was located at 5665 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.
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Movies (59)
My Side of the Mountain
1969 · Flint Seller
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967 · 'Crunch' Battaglia
The Bellboy
1960 · Maxie
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960 · Self
The Beat Generation
1959 · Wrestling Beatnik
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958 · Max Grady - Bartender
Hollywood or Bust
1956 · Bookie Benny
Eloise
1956 · Himself
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956 · Steve
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955 · Hinds
The Champs Step Out
1951 · 'Slapsy' Max
Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951 · Skipalong Rosenbloom
Mister Universe
1951 · Big Ears
Hazard
1948 · Truck Driver
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · Maxie (uncredited)
Men in Her Diary
1945 · Moxie Kildorff
Penthouse Rhythm
1945 · Health Spa Proprietor
Trouble Chasers
1945 · Maxie
Night Club Girl
1945 · Percival J. Percival
Crazy Knights
1944 · Maxie
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944 · Stanley Ketchel
Three of a Kind
1944 · Maxie
Follow the Boys
1944 · Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
Swing Fever
1943 · 'Rags'
Here Comes Kelly
1943 · Trixie Bell
My Son, The Hero
1943 · Kid Slug Rosenthal
The Yanks Are Coming
1942 · Butch
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942 · Maxie
Smart Alecks
1942 · Butch Brocalli
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942 · Okay Jones
Louisiana Purchase
1941 · The Shadow aka Wilson
Harvard Here I Come
1941 · Maxie
The Stork Pays Off
1941 · Brains Moran
Ringside Maisie
1941 · Chotsie
The Lady and the Lug
1941 · Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Eric
Passport to Alcatraz
1940 · Hank Kircher
Grandpa Goes To Town
1940 · Al
Private Detective
1939 · Brody
20,000 Men a Year
1939 · Walt Dorgan
Slapsie Maxie's
1939 · Slapsie Maxie
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Fargo Red
Naughty but Nice
1939 · Killer
The Kid from Kokomo
1939 · Curley Bender
Women in the Wind
1939 · Stuffy McInnes
Submarine Patrol
1938 · Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
His Exciting Night
1938 · Doc McCoy
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Butch
Gangs of New York
1938 · Tombstone
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 · Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
The Kid Comes Back
1938 · Stan Wilson
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Max Levinsky
Big City
1937 · Maxie Rosenbloom
Two Wise Maids
1937 · Max Handler
Kelly the Second
1936 · Butch Flynn
Muss 'em Up
1936 · Snake
Punch Drunks
1934 · Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)
King for a Night
1933 · Maxie
Mr. Broadway
1933 · 'Slapsy' Maxie
