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Beau James is a 1957 American drama film directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas and Alexis Smith. It is based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Gene Fowler.
Beau James is a 1957 biopic of Jimmy Walker, the flamboyant and somewhat corrupt mayor of New York City from 1926-1932. The film stars Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas and Alexis Smith, and features music by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
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- Biography, Drama
- Melville Shavelson
- 1957-06-07
James John Walker (June 19, 1881 – November 18, 1946), known colloquially as Beau James, was mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932. A flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine.
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s. Used by professional politicians and money-grabbers, Walker himself was "stupid but clean", although his open affair with Betty Compton cost him dear.
Beau James. In the midst of the economic boom of the 1920s, the Democratic Party machine picks irresponsible state senator Jimmy Walker (Bob Hope) as its candidate for mayor of...
- Biography
- Bob Hope
- Melville Shavelson
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Beau James: The Life and Times of Jimmy Walker (1957) “There’s his one true love — the cockeyed city of New York!”. New York’s flamboyant, song-writing mayor, Jimmy Walker (Bob Hope), has an open affair with a showgirl (Vera Miles) while dealing with charges of political corruption.
Beau James was born on 6 March 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Serial Mom (1994), Species II (1998) and Homicide: Life on the Street (1993). He died on 23 July 2021 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
