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Golden Boy Overview:

Golden Boy (1939) was a Sports - Black-and-white Film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and produced by William Perlberg.

Academy Awards 1939 --- Ceremony Number 12 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringVictor YoungNominated
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Golden Boy BlogHub Articles:

Reminder : Dear Ruth (William D. Russell, 1947) – reviewed for The 6th Golden Boy Blogathon

By Virginie Pronovost on Apr 25, 2024 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

Read below my review of the delightful comedy DEAR RUTH initially published last week for the 6th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration!... Read full article

Many thanks to the participants of The 6th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration!

By Virginie Pronovost on Apr 19, 2024 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

The 6th instalment of my beloved Golden Boy Blogathon took place last Tuesday and Wednesday to concord with what would have been the great William Holden’s 106th birthday. I was joined by the awesome Emily from The Flapper Dame to co-host and celebrate this phenomenal actor the way he should... Read full article

Day 2 of The 6th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration

By Virginie Pronovost on Apr 17, 2024 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

The 6th edition of the Golden Boy Blogathon continues today on what would have been William Holden’s 106th birthday! As usual, it’s a pleasure to celebrate this unique actor with dedicated fellow bloggers like you! Day one was hosted by my wonderful co-host, Emily, from The Flapper Dame!... Read full article

The 6th Golden Boy Blogathon is here!

By Virginie Pronovost on Apr 16, 2024 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

The 6th edition of The Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration has finally arrived! If you are posting your entry today, please make sure to submit it on Emily’s blog, The Flapper Dame, as she is hosting Day 1. Please check the reblogged post below! I’ll see you tomorrow for ... Read full article

Announcing The 6th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration!

By Virginie Pronovost on Mar 23, 2024 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

Yeah, yeah, yeah! You’ve read that correctly. One of my favourite blogathons to host is back for a 6th edition this April! The 6th Golden Boy Blogathon, celebrating one of my very very favourite actors: the one and only William Holden! Furthermore, I’m thrilled that Emily from The Flappe... Read full article

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Golden Boy Quotes:

Mr. Carp: A man hits his wife, and it's the first step to fascism.
Joe Bonaparte: Poppa, I've come home.
Eddie Fuseli: This your girl?
Lorna Moon: I'm my mother's girl.
Siggie: You can't insult me; I'm too ignorant!
Lorna Moon: I'll make him fight.
Tom Moody: [with anger] How?
Lorna Moon: How? Oh, leave it to me Tom.
[pause]
Lorna Moon: I'm a dame from Newark, and I know a dozen ways.
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Golden Boy Facts
William Holden was considered not to be up to the role in the film, however Barbara Stanwyck urged producers to keep him in the picture, and succeeded. In 1978, at the The 50th Annual Academy Awards, before starting the presentation of the sound award, Holden publicly thanked Stanwyck for what she did.
William Holden was so grateful to Barbara Stanwyck for her insistence on casting him in Golden Boy, his first big role, that he reportedly sent her flowers every year on the anniversary of the first day of the filming.
William Holden was knocked unconscious one day while boxing on the set with James 'Cannonball' Green. He thought the footage of the knockout would be spectacular but director Rouben Mamoulian said it couldn't be used because it didn't look real. Holden recalled that, real or not, his head ached for a week.
When Clifford Odets wrote his play, he had John Garfield in mind for the Joe Bonaparte part, but the Group Theatre company chose Luther Adler instead. Shortly afterward, Garfield left the Group Theater and was Hollywood bound.
To convincingly portray a boxer who was also a violinist, William Holden took boxing and violin lessons all day every day for a week before production began. He continued to prepare during the 11 weeks of filming by boxing two hours daily and practicing the violin for 1-1/2 hours each night so his fingering of the instrument would be convincing.
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