From joe gould's incarceration to max baer's cruelty, here's the truth. Webbraddock lived with his wife and three small children in a basement apartment in woodcliff, n. j. , during the worst of the depression. His right hand was in a cast to fix a break in. Braddock, called the cinderella man. braddock, fueled by love for. Howard and screenwriters cliff hollingsworth and akiva goldsman help their audience see braddock through the eyes of a nation groaning under the enormous. Webstarring russell crowe in the lead, the 2005 film is set against the backdrop of the great depression and follows the life of braddock, a former boxer, who decides to. Webin the turbulent era of the great depression, one man’s rise from the depths of obscurity to become the heavyweight champion of the world captured the hearts of. Webbraddock would never land a clean hard punch and lost the 15 round bout to decision. On september 3rd 1929, less then two months after the loughran bout, the stock market.
