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Golden Boy
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Clifford Odets (play)
Lewis Meltzer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
5 September 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A Famous Play.....Now A Great Picture! more
Plot:
Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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(2 articles)
User Comments:
WONDERFUL (SCHMALTZY AT TIMES) MOVIE.... more (29 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Trivia:
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. more
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Eddie Fuseli: This your girl?
Lorna Moon: I'm my mother's girl.
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Soundtrack:
We're in the Money Now more

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WONDERFUL (SCHMALTZY AT TIMES) MOVIE...., 29 September 1999
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Author: gary renfield (gary_renfield@email.com) from NEW JERSEY, USA

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......

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