The Life of Jimmy Dolan

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

88 mins | Drama, Romance | June 3, 1933

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

88 mins | Drama, Romance | June 3, 1933

The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Directors Archie Mayo
Writers Beulah Marie Dix, Erwin S. Gelsey, David Boehm, Bertram Millhauser

Cast

Loretta Young

as Peggy

Aline MacMahon

as Auntie

Guy Kibbee

as Phlaxer

Lyle Talbot

as Doc

Fifi D'Orsay

as Budgie

Harold Huber

as Reggie Newman

Shirley Grey

as Goldie West

George Meeker

as Charles Magee

John Wayne

as Smith

Arthur Hohl

as Herman Malvin

Edward Arnold

as Inspector Ennis

Joan Barclay

as Well-Wisher

Robert Barrat

as Sheriff

Clarence Muse

as Masseur

Anne Shirley

as Mary Lou

David Durand

as George Lewis

Mickey Rooney

as Freckles (uncredited)