Spirit of Youth
1938 film by Harry L. Fraser
- January 20, 1938 (1938-01-20) (Washington, DC)
- April 1, 1938 (1938-04-01) (US)
- November 4, 1938 (1938-11-04) (London)
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Spirit of Youth is a 1938 boxing film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring then-heavyweight world champion Joe Louis in a story with similarities to his own real life. (According to IMDb, the Spanish title is La vida de Joe Louis, which translates to The Life of Joe Louis.)
Plot
A rising boxer is led astray by a woman.
Cast
- Joe Louis as Joe Thomas
- Clarence Muse as Frankie Walburn
- Edna Mae Harris as Mary Bowdin
- Mae Turner as Flora Bailey
- Cleo Desmond as Nora Thomas
- Mantan Moreland as Creighton "Crickie" Fitzgibbons
- Jewel Smith as Duke Emerald
- Tom Southern as Dr. Bowdin
- Jess Lee Brooks as Jeff Thomas (as Jesse Lee Brooks)
- Marguerite Whitten as Eleanor Thomas (as Margaret Whitten)
- Clarence Brooks as Speedy
- The Plantation Choir as Church Choir
- The Creole Chorus as The Creole Chorus
- The Big Apple Dancers as Dancers
External links
- Spirit of Youth at IMDb
- Spirit of Youth at the TCM Movie Database
- Spirit of Youth at AllMovie
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Films directed by Harry L. Fraser
- West of Mojave (1925)
- General Custer at the Little Big Horn (1926)
- Land of Wanted Men (1931)
- The Montana Kid (1931)
- Oklahoma Jim (1931)
- Mason of the Mounted (1932)
- Law of the North (1932)
- The Man from Arizona (1932)
- Ghost City (1932)
- Honor of the Mounted (1932)
- The Reckoning (1932)
- Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
- The Savage Girl (1932)
- Texas Pioneers (1932)
- Rainbow Ranch (1933)
- The Fighting Parson (1933)
- The Fugitive (1933)
- The Wolf Dog (1933)
- Diamond Trail (1933)
- Fighting Through (1934)
- 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
- Randy Rides Alone (1934)
- Wagon Trail (1935)
- The Last of the Clintons (1935)
- Fighting Pioneers (1935)
- The Reckless Buckaroo (1935)
- Saddle Aces (1935)
- Social Error (1935)
- The Tonto Kid (1935)
- Rustler's Paradise (1935)
- Wild Mustang (1935)
- Wildcat Saunders (1936)
- The Riding Avenger (1936)
- Romance Rides the Range (1936)
- Fury Below (1936)
- Galloping Dynamite (1936)
- Aces Wild (1936)
- Feud of the West (1936)
- Ghost Town (1936)
- Jungle Menace (1937)
- Spirit of Youth (1938)
- Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938)
- Lure of the Wasteland (1939)
- Lightning Strikes West (1940)
- Jungle Man (1941)
- Gunsmoke Mesa (1944)
- Outlaw Roundup (1944)
- Navajo Kid (1945)
- Three in the Saddle (1945)
- Enemy of the Law (1945)
- Frontier Fugitives (1945)
- Flaming Bullets (1945)
- The White Gorilla (1945)
- Thunder Town (1946)
- Ambush Trail (1946)
- Six Gun Man (1946)
- Stallion Canyon (1949)
- Chained for Life (1952)
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