The movie, Cinderella Man, takes place in the depths of the Great Depression. Boxer Jim Braddock's family, like so many others, is living in poverty. He gets up early one morning hoping to get a shift at the dock. He gets ready to sit down and eat a meager breakfast, prepared by his wife, Mae.

Jim gets up and wonders where his wife has put his socks. Mae tells Jim that she "washed them last night. Took them right off your feet." She pulls them from the oven where they have been drying.

Little Rosie, awakened by her parents talking says, "Mama, I want to eat too."

Mae tells her, "I'm gonna fix you something, honey."

Jim greets his daughter, and Mae tells him that they got another gas and electric bill. Jim sets Rosie at her seat and says, "I'll go get the milk." Mae gives Rosie a thin s…