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Golden Boy
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Overview

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Director:
Rouben Mamoulian
Writers:
Clifford Odets (play)
Lewis Meltzer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
5 September 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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
NewsDesk:
(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)

User Comments:
WONDERFUL (SCHMALTZY AT TIMES) MOVIE.... more (29 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #5368)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
William Holden was so grateful to Barbara Stanwyck for her insistence on casting him in Golden Boy (1939), his first big role, that he reportedly sent her flowers every year on the anniversary of the first day of the filming. more
Quotes:
Eddie Fuseli: This your girl?
Lorna Moon: I'm my mother's girl.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Archie's Fun House: Jungle Doctor/Lake (#1.14)" (????) more
Soundtrack:
We're in the Money Now more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
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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