"Cinderella Man" Outline

I. "Cinderella Man"        
       A. The great James J. Braddock (Jimmy)
              1. Boxer in the 1920's and 1930's
              2. Light Heavyweight championship before breaking his wrist
       B. Family.
              1. Wife: Mae Braddock
              2. Children: 3 (2 boys and 1 girl).
II. The Great Depression
       A. His family loses everything
              1. Jimmy loses all the money because of the stock market crash of 1929.
              2. Jimmy searches for shifts at the dock in order to make some money.
              3. Mortgage overdue
              4. Electricity and heat get turned off without money.
              5. Not enough rations for everybody.
       B. Jimmy breaks his wrist in one of his fights.
              1. Boxing license suspended.
              2. Money is harder to get.
              3. Ask for money from Emergency Relief.
              4. Finally asks for money from the boxing executives of the Madison Square Garden.
III. A great comeback.
       A. Joe (James' manager) gets him a fight at Madison Square Garden now that his had is well.
              1. Corn Griffin vs. James J. Braddock, Win
              2. John Henry Lewis vs. James J. Braddock, Win
              3. Art Lasky vs. James J. Braddock, Win
       B. Reactions and Responses
              1. Mae worries about Jimmy getting into fights, her explanation is that he  wont be able to work, and they wont have money.
              2. People don't believe that he can make it.
IV. The Big Fight
       A. Jimmy
              1. Pays back the money he received from the Emergency Relief.
              2. A reporter calls Jimmy the "Cinderella Man"
       B. Max Baer and Jimmy meet before the fight.
              1. Jimmy introduces Mae to Max Baer
                        a. Max says to Mae that Jimmy might not make it out of the fight alive.
                        b. She doesn't watch or listen to the fight because she fears for Jimmy's life.
              2. It was said that Baer had killed two men while boxing.
       C. June 13,1935
              1. Braddock wins against Baer.
              2. Becomes the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
V. Afterwards
       A. Life After Boxing 
              1. Jimmy works in the construction of the Verrazano Bridge. 
              2. Owned and worked with heavy machinery on the docks where he worked shifts during the Great Depression.
              3. Mae and Jimmy used the money from the Max Baer fight to buy the house that they lived in for the rest of their lives.