Gentleman Jim (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Raoul Walsh |
| Producer(s) | Robert Buckner |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, Sports |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Boxing, True Story (based on) |
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Gentleman Jim (1942) was a Sports - Biographical Film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Robert Buckner.
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Gentleman Jim (1942): Biopic by Marquess of Queensberry Rules
By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 16, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsBoxing movies and biopics are a mainstay of Hollywood. It’s an established fact so naming names is all but unnecessary.?The affable brilliance of Gentleman Jim is its agile footwork allowing it to sidestep a myriad of tropes attached to biopics and the schmaltz that Old Hollywood was always ca... Read full article
Fridays With Errol Flynn: Gentleman Jim (1942)
on Mar 18, 2016 From Journeys in Classic FilmAfter watching Errol Flynn corral the Old West in Dodge City (1939) and sail the seven seas as The Sea Hawk (1940s) it’s simultaneously refreshing and bizarre watching him play an average bank teller turned pugilist in Gentleman Jim. Unlike other boxing movies where the rise to the top and the... Read full article
Fridays With Errol Flynn: Gentleman Jim (1942)
on Mar 18, 2016 From Journeys in Classic FilmAfter watching Errol Flynn corral the Old West in Dodge City (1939) and sail the seven seas as The Sea Hawk (1940s) it’s simultaneously refreshing and bizarre watching him play an average bank teller turned pugilist in Gentleman Jim. Unlike other boxing movies where the rise to the top and the... Read full article
Gentleman Jim (1942) and Opportunities
By Google profile on Nov 28, 2010 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogAbout MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Merriam-Webster provides the following two definitions for the word "opportunity": a favorable juncture of circumstances a good chance for advancement or progress We talk about opportun... Read full article
What I learned from Gentleman Jim (1942)
By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogErrol Flynn as James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett Sometimes it takes a certain message delivered at just the right time to make a big impact. Gentleman Jim (1942) changed my life. And it really shouldn't have happened with this film. If you know me, you know that I avoid historical biopics like the pl... Read full article
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Quotes from
Walter Lowrie: The Corbetts are at it again! The Corbetts are at it again!
Victoria Ware: ...you know there really aren't two sides of the tracks to San Francisco. There's only the lucky and the unlucky, those that happened to grab the right moment and those that didn't, and don't you let this Nob Hill crowd deceive you either. After all, we all started out with the same wooden washtubs.
Judge Geary: We'll take in a few clean-cut boys from good families, and if we can't make you fighters into gentlemen, we'll try to make some gentlemen into fighters.
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The 2/14/44 Screen Guild radio broadcast of "Gentleman Jim" reunited Flynn, Smith, and Bond, but Grant Withers replaced Jack Carson as Walter Lowrie.
Soon after completing "Gentleman Jim," Flynn became embroiled in an infamous rape trial. During screenings of "Gentleman Jim," his closing line of "I'm no gentleman" was met with laughter and derision. The line was cut from the conclusion of the 1944 radio broadcast.
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