Nonetheless, he acted as an elder statesman - living off his past reputation as a tough guy who knew other gangsters - as he strolled through the run-down, littered ghetto-slums near the Boardwalk, and took more bets from poverty-stricken, down-and-out poor black folks.Toe-to-toe at the center of the ring just before the "David and Goliath" match, Drago (in red and gold) robotically declared: "I must break you.as a novel in 1947.The sentimental, Christmas-themed 20th Century Fox hit was released in May of 1947 and premiered in New York theaters in early June of 1947, obviouslynotduring he holiday season.On a flowery lawn in the small riverside town of Cresap""s Landing on the Ohio River [a Mark Twain-like environment], a young nine-year old boy John (Billy Chapin) is playing happily with his little sister four-year old Pearl (Sally Jane Bruce) and her doll named Miss Jenny when he sees a car speeding down the road.