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Golden Boy (1939)
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Release Date:
5 September 1939 (USA)
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A Famous Play.....Now A Great Picture! more
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Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
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(2 articles)
Art "Golden Boy" Aragon Dead At 80
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 March 2008, 10:04 AM, PDT)
Daniel Taradash Dead at 90
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 February 2003)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 March 2008, 10:04 AM, PDT)
Daniel Taradash Dead at 90
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 February 2003)
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WONDERFUL (SCHMALTZY AT TIMES) MOVIE....
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Lorna Moon |
 | Adolphe Menjou | ... | Tom Moody |
 | William Holden | ... | Joe Bonaparte |
 | Lee J. Cobb | ... | Mr. Bonaparte |
 | Joseph Calleia | ... | Eddie Fuseli |
| Sam Levene | ... | Siggie |
| Edward Brophy | ... | Roxy Lewis (as Edward S. Brody) |
| Beatrice Blinn | ... | Anna 'Duchess' |
| William H. Strauss | ... | Mr. Carp |
| Don Beddoe | ... | Borneo |
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| Charles Halton | ... | Newspaperman (scenes deleted) |
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99 min
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Almost 5000 actors had been considered for the part of Joe Bonaparte and more than 80 had been given screen tests. The odds of getting the plumb part were against the unknown Holden but Barbara Stanwyck and director Rouben Mamoulian lobbied on his behalf.
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Spoofed in "Archie's Fun House: Jungle Doctor/Lake (#1.14)" (????)
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We're in the Money Now
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| 21 y.o. Bill Holden | emailtb-1 |
| WHERE'S THE BOXING?!?! | wbs5 |
| Real life gangster - Irving 'Big Gangy' Cohen | shades1 |
| DVD: 11/13/07 | Wailmer1990 |
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A great film. A (very) young William Holden "hits" the bulls-eye on this one. And, I always love to see Barbara Stanwyck's hard, street smart "heart of stone" turn to mush. In a story that won't present you with many surprises as it unfolds, this film is held together by many fine performances. It's from that magical time, long ago, when New York City was inhabited by hustlers and gangsters and boxing was king. It was also inhabited by those of strong family values, the ones fighting that constant battle of the "easy" way or the right way. The mainstay, in that era (in film, anyway), was the ultimate triumph of good. Here, it is a joy to behold. The right choices, by both Stanwyck and Holden, seem very apparent to the viewer, but the right choices are rarely the first ones taken.
Eventually, they can be taken......