{"id":6781,"date":"2009-05-09T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T04:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6781"},"modified":"2022-02-21T23:27:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T06:27:43","slug":"gentleman-jim-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6781","title":{"rendered":"Gentleman Jim (1942)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The Corbetts are at it again!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Gentleman-Jim-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Gentleman-Jim-Poster-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Gentleman-Jim-Poster-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Gentleman-Jim-Poster-89x128.jpg 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Gentleman-Jim-Poster-188x270.jpg 188w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Gentleman-Jim-Poster.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 19th century San Francisco, Irish-American bank teller Jim Corbett (Errol Flynn) rises to fame and becomes renowned boxer &#8220;Gentleman Jim&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Hale Films<\/li>\n<li>Alexis Smith Films<\/li>\n<li>Biopics<\/li>\n<li>Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Errol Flynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Jack Carson Films<\/li>\n<li>Raoul Walsh Films<\/li>\n<li>Social Climbers<\/li>\n<li>Ward Bond Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAlong with many other critics, Peary is clearly a fan of this &#8220;thoroughly enjoyable, if highly fictionalized bio of&#8230; the first <em>modern<\/em> (scientific) heavy-weight boxing champion&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_J._Corbett\">Gentleman Jim Corbett<\/a>. As boxing movies go, <em>Gentleman Jim<\/em> is remarkably tame: Corbett is never forced to throw a fight (like John Garfield in 1947&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43638\"><em>Body and Soul<\/em><\/a>), nor does he become an insufferable heel after finding fame (like Kirk Douglas in 1949&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=56479\"><em>Champion<\/em><\/a>). The closest this light-hearted film ever comes to genuine pathos is during its final &#8220;wonderful scene&#8221;, in which &#8220;the suddenly humble Corbett confesses to the prideful <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_L._Sullivan\">Boston Strongboy<\/a>, in front of all the people at his own victory party, that he&#8217;s thankful he didn&#8217;t fight [him] when [he] was in his unbeatable prime&#8221;. Corbett is indeed &#8220;an ideal role&#8221; for handsome Errol Flynn, and director Raoul Walsh keeps things moving at an engaging clip; but <em>Gentleman Jim<\/em> is really only must-see viewing for fans of boxing flicks and\/or Errol Flynn. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Errol Flynn as &#8220;Gentleman Jim&#8221; Corbett<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/gentleman-jim-flynn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/gentleman-jim-flynn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6783\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several enjoyable boxing sequences\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly recommended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034778\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9403EFDF1F31E53BBC4E51DFB7678389659EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2256flyn.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/617\/gentleman-jim#articles-reviews?articleId=92455\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Corbetts are at it again!&#8221; Synopsis: In 19th century San Francisco, Irish-American bank teller Jim Corbett (Errol Flynn) rises to fame and becomes renowned boxer &#8220;Gentleman Jim&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alan Hale Films Alexis Smith Films Biopics Boxing Errol Flynn Films Jack Carson Films Raoul Walsh Films Social Climbers Ward Bond Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Along with many other critics, Peary is clearly a fan of this &#8220;thoroughly enjoyable, if highly fictionalized bio of&#8230; the first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6781\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6781"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81615,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6781\/revisions\/81615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}