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The Ring (1952 film)
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Wikipedia article
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'The Ring' is a 1952 American film noir boxing film directed by Kurt Neumann and based on an Irving Shulman novel. It tells the story of a young Mexican American male who becomes a boxer, believing this will gain him respect among the English-speaking white majority. The film was shot in various locations in early 1950s Los Angeles. The film examines institutionalized bigotry.[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Boxing_Filmography/mR2hBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rita+moreno+the+ring&pg=PA90&printsec=frontcover Romano, Frederick V. 'The Boxing Filmography: American Features, 1920-2003'. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004. p. 90.]
Plot
The film focuses on a young Mexican-American named Tommy (Lalo Rios), a resident of Los Angeles's poor Chicano neighborhood.[http://cinelatinoamericano.org/biblioteca/assets/docs/documento/524.pdf 1968-1978: El desarrollo del cine chicano* cinelatinoamericano. PDF] (In Spanish: The development of Mexican cinema* Latin cinema. published for Jess Trevio He feels constrained due to his inability to thrive in a White-dominated society. Therefore, to achieve popularity, he becomes a professional boxer, achieving fame and recognition. But he soon discovers that Anglos are only drawn to him for his sports reputation, even while they still consider him an outsider because of his ancestry and skin color. In fact, the only two white men who treat him decently are his manager Pete (Gerald Mohr) and trainer Freddy (Robert Osterloh). In a real sense, however, their tolerant behavior is based primarily on monetary gain. Tommy is also conflicted by his unconditional love for a neighborhood girl, Lucy (Rita Moreno), the daughter of a punch-drunk bum.
Production
'The Ring' is one of the first Hollywood sports-centered films in which discrimination against Chicanos is presented. Its Mexicano/sports thematic ancestry can be traced back to the 1940s with films like 'The Girl from Monterrey'.
Cast
* Lalo Rios - Tommy
* Gerald Mohr - Pete
* Rita Moreno - Lucy
* Robert Arthur - Billy Smith
* Robert Osterloh - Freddy
* Jack Elam - Harry Jackson
* Martin Garralaga - Vidal
* Peter Brocco - Barney Williams
* Julia Montoya - Rosa
* Lillian Molieri - Helen
* Pepe Hern - Rick
* Victor Millan - Pablo
* Tony Martinez - Go-Go
* Art Aragon - himself
* Robert Shayne - Jimmy, Aragon's Manager
* Ernie Chavez - Joe
* Edward Sieg - Benny
* Robert Altuna - Pepe Cantanios
References
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