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3	''Golden Boy'' is a 1939 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Creator/BarbaraStanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, and a young, smooth-faced Creator/WilliamHolden in his StarMakingRole. It was [[TheFilmOfThePlay adapted from]] Clifford Odets' 1937 Broadway play of the same name.
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5	Boxing manager Tom Moody (Menjou) and his GirlFriday/mistress Lorna Moon (Stanwyck) are in a bind after their fighter gets hurt while sparring--Tom happens to still be married and needs $5000 for his divorce, which he can't get without a fighter to promote. Enter Joe Bonaparte (Holden), the sparring partner who hurt their boxer. Bonaparte wants a shot at the big time, so Moody takes him on and starts getting him fights.
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7	Joe's father is violently opposed to his becoming a boxer. What Tom and Lorna don't know is that Joe also happens to be an accomplished violinist, and his father has long cherished dreams of Joe making it as a musician. To get an indecisive Joe to commit to boxing, Tom pushes Lorna at him. Unfortunately for Tom, Lorna starts falling for Joe for real.
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9	In 1982, four months after William Holden's death, Stanwyck was given an honorary UsefulNotes/AcademyAward. She closed her speech with a shout-out to Holden, saying "I loved him very much, and I miss him. He always wished that I would get an Oscar. And so tonight, my golden boy, you got your wish".
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12	!!Tropes:
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14	* CasualtyInTheRing: Joe kills his opponent, a black fighter with the StageName of "Chocolate Drop".
15	* DivorceInReno: Tom is finally freed of his wife when she gets a boyfriend and goes to Reno for a divorce.
16	* HypocriticalHumor: A society lady acts horrified at the big fight and talks about how terrible it is. When her husband suggests they leave, she says "What, and miss the rest of it?"
17	* LoveTriangle: Tom, Joe, and Lorna, with Lorna falling in love with Joe.
18	* {{Malaproper}}: Roxy Lewis, Moody's comic relief sidekick, is an endless source of these. ("He leaves us standing here in our brevities!")
19	* MissingMom: Where's Joe's mom?
20	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Joe is horrified when his bout with Chocolate Drop ends with Chocolate Drop's death. He quits boxing immediately.
21	* NoNameGiven: Joe's father is only ever addressed as "Papa".
22	* SpinningPaper: Used during the TimePassesMontage to indicate that Joe's boxing career is going well.
23	* SportsStories: A would-be violinist who tires of struggle and decides to make it as a boxer.
24	* TimePassesMontage: A montage of Joe fighting various fights, with some [[SpinningPaper Spinning Papers]] to indicate that Joe is winning.
25	* TitleDrop: From Fuseli at the end, who sarcastically calls Joe "the ''Golden Boy''" when Joe says he's quitting boxing.

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