Joe Louis full-length films and two shorts, including a starring role in the 1938 movie "Spirit of Youth", in which he played a boxer with many similarities to himself. In 1953, Robert Gordon directed a movie about Louis's life, "The Joe Louis Story". Filmed in Hollywood, it starred Golden Gloves fighter Coley Wallace in the role of Louis. In all, Louis made 25 defenses of his heavyweight title from 1937 to 1948, and was a world champion for 11 years and 10 months. Both are still records in the heavyweight division, the former in any division. His most remarkable record is that
The Lure of the Bush station bully (Colin Bell) in a boxing match, wins the heart of the manager's daughter, and later rescues her from a rejected suitor. Colin Bell was a real-life boxer and his on-screen fight with Baker went for five minutes. The script was the prize winner in a competition held by the "Bulletin". The film was shot in a property near Gunnedah. The female lead, Rita Tress, was a real life squatter's daughter. Baker visited Hollywood in 1919 and re-shot some sequences there at Jesse Lasky's studios for its American release. The film was enormously popular and earned an estimated ₤20,000