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...jayvee boatings are; Bill Holden, 7; Art Herbst, 6; John Morgan, 5; Dan Rakov, 4; Stan Kahrl, 3; Oakes Ames, 2; Dick Gillies, bow, with Mo Ordesky...
...Bill Holden rows at seven on Laporte's boat, Art Herbat at six, John Morgan at five, Daniel Rakov at four, Stan Kahrl at three, Oakes Ames at two, and Dick Gillies...
...William Holden is largely responsible for the accuracy of this portrayal. He plays the title role honestly, turning in his best friend when he needs money and blowing town when things get hot. Johnny Stewart, the youngster he instructs in the jockeying trade, has made an impressive debut in this film...
Boots Malone (Columbia) is a horse-racing movie, sired by any of a dozen others and damned by the resemblance. It tells of a jockey agent (William Holden), tarnished and down on his luck, and a runaway rich boy (Johnny Stewart) who wants desperately to be a winning jockey; of the race track's poverty-row "characters" who chip in to buy a potential champion; of the crooked gamblers whose attempt to fix the big race through Holden conflicts at the last moment with his fatherly affection...
...this too familiar track, the movie nevertheless shows fairly good form. Avoiding the handicap of a love story, Producer-Scripter Milton Holmes has sparked the film with well-shot racing scenes, and given it some seemingly authentic paddock lore and lingo. Though somewhat young for his role, Actor Holden plays it with his usual skill, and Boots Malone also benefits from an earnest performance-his first in movies-by Broadway's 15-year-old Johnny (The King and I) Stewart...