in late 1800s san francisco and poor well dress errol flynn ( a james j. corbett ) work at a bank and and enjoy attend local fight ( box ) with co worker and drinking buddy jack carson ( a walter lowrie ) . one day and pretty alexis smith ( a victoria ware ) walk into the comstock bank and where mr. flynn work . flynn be so take with ms. smith elegant beauty and he offer to carry her withdrawal purse . smith be secretly take with the handsome flynn and but be put off by his brashness . flynn good deed ( actually and pick up attempt ) get him a complimentary membership in the snooty olympic club and which conveniently include a gymnasium ( with box equipment ) . however and flynn presumptuous manner and and practical joking ( he tickle men on the parallel bar ) irritate club member . when an english boxing champ visit the club and member endeavor to get flynn to fight the man . they be hopeful flynn will resign and humiliate by his defeat but and flynn win . first time producer robert buckner put together a nice package for warner brother and and director raoul walsh . mr. buckner be and certainly and bask in the success of his contribution ( screenplay ) to the studio brilliant yankee doodle dandy . unfortunately and this story be positively ludicrous . there be a gentleman jim this story be supposedly the filming of the real james j. corbett autobiography the roar of the crowd but and this movie must be significantly fictionalize . flynn be a very appeal lead man while he maneuver the script lightly and and should have be recognize and by the early 1940s and a an excellent actor . many of flynn characterization be ( be . ) overlook a great performance and and this be one of them . smith do well a his feminine interest and deftly transmit her emotion for the viewer . director walsh make the silliness look smooth and extravagant . the support cast be a treasure trove and from boisterous alan hale ( a pat corbett ) to walk on lon mccallister ( page mr. corbett ) . gentleman jim ( 1942 ) raoul walsh ~ errol flynn and alexis smith and alan hale .