LOUIS, JOE MOVIE POSTER FOR JOE PALOOKA CHAMP (1946)

HISTORY: This is an original movie poster for Joe Palooka Champ from 1946 which among others featured appearances by Joe Louis, Henry Armstrong and Cerferino Garcia. A synopsis of the movie: Manager Knobby Walsh discovers young hunk Joe Palooka and trains him to fight the champ. Mobsters try to make life tough for Joe and his socialite girlfriend Anne. Cameos by several boxing stars. Written by Ed Stephan. In this first entry of the Monogram features based on the comic-strip character created by Ham Fisher (while not the first use of the character on the screen), fight manager and promoter Knobby Walsh trains Al Costa to fight for the heavyweight championship, but gangster Florini, with the help of his henchmen, Lefty and Curly, takes the budding champion away from him. Knobby begins the search for a new fighter by taking four fighters and handler Smoky on a tour of tank towns. He finds Joe Palooka, a natural boxer, in a small town. Anne Howe, a society girl passing through town, helps