Max Baer & "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom (1950-1952)
Ex-boxers Baer and Rosenbloom were teamed for a series of comedy shorts in the early 1950's, leaving one of the rarest of the Columbia series to track down.
Of the 4 shorts in the series, only THE CHAMPS STEP OUT is currently available for review through our archives.
TWO ROAMING CHAMPS (8/12/50) D: Edward Bernds. John Merton, Rita Conde, James Logan, Emil Sitka, Symona Boniface. Detectives Baer and Rosenbloom are hired to check on a millionaires greedy relatives in this "scare" comedy.
WINE, WOMEN AND BONG (2/22/51) D: Jules White. Christine McIntyre, Jean Willes, Nanette Bordeaux, Johnny Kascier, Charles Heine Conklin. Telling their wives that they have to work late, the two Maxes sneak off to a nightclub. TRIVIA: Reissued theatrically in April, 1959.
THE CHAMPS STEP OUT (11/15/51)
D: Edward Bernds. Emil Sitka, Jean Willes. Ralph Volkie, Dave Stan.
Having returned from an expedition in Asia Minor, a millionaire hires
the two Maxes, operators of the Kayo Detective Agency, to guard his rare
discoveries. TRIVIA: Reissued theatrically in November, 1959.
ROOTIN' TOOTIN' TENDERFEET (2/14/52) D: Jules White. Jean Willes. The boys are out west, looking for an heiress to whom they have to deliver a deed. TRIVIA: A re-working of Laurel and Hardy's WAY OUT WEST (1937). The original working title was WESTWARD HOKUM. Reissued theatrically in March, 1960.
ROOTIN' TOOTIN' TENDERFEET (2/14/52) D: Jules White. Jean Willes. The boys are out west, looking for an heiress to whom they have to deliver a deed. TRIVIA: A re-working of Laurel and Hardy's WAY OUT WEST (1937). The original working title was WESTWARD HOKUM. Reissued theatrically in March, 1960.
