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'Golden Boy' discovery

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Order Number	00128137
Title	'Golden Boy' discovery
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 8755
Date	1939
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Description	Photograph caption dated April 13, 1939 reads, "'I didn't think I had a chance.' That's what young Bill Holden said when asked why he hadn't applied for the "Golden Boy" role. Holden has been signed to play the leading male role opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the Columbia screen version of the Clifford Odets' stage success. Signing of the youngster ends the long search for an unknown to portray one of the most coveted roles of the year. He was accidentally discovered by Rouben Mamoulian, who will direct the picture. Holden is 21 and hails from Pasadena, Calif., and has never appeared on stage or screen."
Subject	Holden, William,--1918-1981. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Motion picture plays. Men--California--Los Angeles. Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Coverage	1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection