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"Among his competitors for leading roles was William Holden. Both actors, Ford said, would stuff paper in their shoes to appear taller than the other. "Finally, neither of us could walk, so we said the hell with it. "Ford also played against Bette Davis in A Stolen Life.One of his best-known roles was in the 1955 The Blackboard Jungle, where he portrayed a young, soft-spoken teacher in a slum school who inspires a class full of juvenile delinquents to care about life."We did a film together, and... (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Ford never won Oscar, yet was star till the end Sep 1, 2006
His career contrasts with that of his (mostly) friendly rival at Columbia studio, William Holden. Both were put under contract by Columbia boss Harry Cohn in the pre-World War II period. (MSNBC -- Movies)
And now let us praise hot architects. Hollywood can't get enough of them. Aug 31, 2006
" Donald MacDonald, whose architectural firm is working on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, remembers seeing William Holden as an architect in "The World of Suzie Wong" 45 years ago. "I was interested in seeing the world and that's what he was doing. I went 'wow,' he gets a beautiful woman besides. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Arthur Franz Aug 29, 2006
Other military roles were as a lieutenant under William Holden in Submarine Command (1952), and a lieutenant-commander under Ronald Reagan in Hellcats of the Navy (1957). Born in New Jersey, Franz worked on stage and in radio before his film debut in Jungle Patrol (1948), as one of a squadron stranded on a remote Pacific island during the second world war. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
A DATE WITH JUDY Aug 20, 2006
Brightly backing Holliday are Broderick Crawford as Billie's scrap-metal tycoon boyfriend and William Holden as the writer hired to give Billie some class. Her best line (to Crawford): "Do me a favor - drop dead!". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
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He moonlighted as an actor, reprising the playboy role William Holden made famous in a redux of "Sabrina" (1996). It flopped, nearly ending the career of co-star Julia Ormand before it started. (CTNow.com)
Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn Aug 2, 2006
William Holden was slightly more benign, but with more alcohol and less spittle. Fred Astaire was tetchy; his magic did not follow him off the dance floor. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM Jul 30, 2006
Wednesday brings Peckinpah's signature feature, "The Wild Bunch" (1969), which tells of the final days of a band of robbers led by William Holden and Ernest Borgnine. One critic said the film was "by several thousand red gallons the most graphically violent western ever made, and one of the most violent movies of any kind.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Stalag 17' uses humor to escape its genre Jul 28, 2006
Presiding with a bitter cool in the center of the storm is Sefton (William Holden), an ice-hearted introvert who is hardly the hero of your standard 1950s war film. Sefton keeps others at a distance with his sarcasm and lives day to day, with no real hope of escape or a life after capture. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
June Allyson Jul 12, 2006
After Strategic Air Command she looked up at the sky again in The McConnell Story (1955), as husband Alan Ladd tested jets, and exuded wifely support to Van Heflin in A Woman's World (1954) and William Holden in Executive Suite (1954). Curiously, Allyson appeared in more remakes than any other star in cinema history, and inevitably suffered by comparison with those who previously took the roles. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
In Defense of June Allyson Richard Corliss remembers a sweet actress Jul 12, 2006
In 12 years as a star at the lion of studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and for decades afterward, June Allyson purred sweet reason to the prime men of her era: Jimmy Stewart (in three movies), Humphrey Bogart (in Battle Circus), William Holden (Executive Suite) and her husband, Dick Powell. Other women might get the showy parts, and the Oscars. (Time.com)
Faces of the week Jul 8, 2006
When actor William Holden met the 24-year-old Loren in 1958, he remarked: "I never saw so much woman coming towards me.". In 1999, Tom Hanks was overwhelmed on seeing her backstage at the Oscars he could only say: "Miss Loren, you are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.". (BBC News -- UK)
WALK ON THE WILDER SIDE Jul 7, 2006
July 7, 2006 -- 'WE are a nation of hecklers, the most hard-boiled, undisciplined people in the world," Billy Wilder, a former tabloid reporter and refugee from Nazi Germany who became Hollywood's most brilliantly cynical writer-director, told a journalist in 1950. Wilder, who would have been 100 last month (he died in 2002, aged 95), turned his ambivalent feelings about his adopted country - and his sharp ear for American dialogue - into a remarkable body of work that often pushed the... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
A total, utter debacle Jun 13, 2006
Like Gloria Swanson whacking William Holden in Sunset Boulevard. And it hurts almost as much. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Resident remembers “The Mighty O” Jun 1, 2006
One of his favorite memories is when William Holden and Mickey Rooney boarded the ship to film scenes for the motion picture The Bridges at Toko-Ri while the Oriskany was near Japan in 1954. It was something, Mann recalled. (The Piggott Times, AR)
Palais hot box sparked libidos May 21, 2006
I was holding out for the William Holden-type guy, handsome and raffish, wearing a bad suit and cowboy boots that had seen too much of the world ... ""Instead of William Holden I soon got B.B. Gabor, the stunningly talented Mad Hungarian my pet name for him whose debut 1980 recording was the out-of-nowhere smash hit of the year. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Of A Certain Age May 16, 2006
Former movie picnics have welcomed Judy Holliday I like her because I'm daffy with chemo brain and I think I might steal her style if my hair comes back blond and curly and William Holden, and Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet. Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant also are favorites. (The State, SC -- Living)
The Poseidon Adventure; The Towering Inferno May 15, 2006
The Towering Inferno: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire. By. (Variety)
Traveling picture shows May 14, 2006
I'm not 10 anymore, but watching Kim Novak walk down those park stairs toward William Holden, to that music, still makes me blubber like a 10-year-old. Casablanca didn't get me to Casablanca. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Top Ten Disaster Movies May 12, 2006 `Munich' DVD shows Spielberg at best May 9, 2006 Jay Bernstein, 68; 'Star Maker' for Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers May 3, 2006 Stars by example Apr 28, 2006 'Commandments' rates a 10 on DVD (Gary Arnold) Apr 22, 2006 Gary Gray, 69; Child Actor Appeared in Westerns, TV Series Apr 17, 2006 AFI series shows Wilder's panache (Gary Arnold) Mar 11, 2006 Tofu At The Box Office Mar 4, 2006 Walk the Line hits the right note on DVD Mar 3, 2006 Still 'mad as hell' Feb 24, 2006 Eva Green To Be 'Royale' Bond Girl Feb 18, 2006 Hunting for Hollywood: The bus tour, The Ivy and more Feb 7, 2006 Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection Jan 30, 2006 Shelley Winters - the siren who became a star - dies aged 85 Jan 18, 2006 Shelly Winters dies at 85 Jan 17, 2006 Actress Shelley Winters dies Jan 17, 2006 Actress Shelley Winters dead at 85 Jan 17, 2006 Actress Shelley Winters succumbs to heart attack at age 85 Jan 16, 2006 Red-Eye brings its thrills to DVD Jan 10, 2006 Great PerformancesThey came; we saw them; they conquered. Here are seven people who raise acting to a living art Jan 9, 2006
Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire and (wait for it) O.J. Frickin' (years before I killed someone. Simpson. (IGN FilmForce)
Explosive traditions May 12, 2006
After "Poseidon" came "The Towering Inferno" (1974), a movie containing such big stars -- Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden -- that a novel way had to be devised to give both Newman and McQueen top billing. (In the posters, McQueen's name comes first, but Newman's is higher. (CNN)
Joining it is another Allen classic: The Towering Inferno, which featured heavy hitters such as Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden and Faye Dunaway. DVD producers give it the same kind of impressive two-disc special edition. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
As a publicist in the '60s and early '70s, his many clients included Sammy Davis Jr., Sally Field, William Holden and Burt Lancaster. Moving into personal management in 1975, he took on Fawcett and helped turn her into a national phenomenon as one of the original stars of the television series "Charlie's Angels" and the smiling subject of a famous swimsuit poster. (Los Angeles Times)
Also in uniform were Carl Reiner, John Agar, Jeff Chandler, Ossie Davis, Frank Gorshin, Werner Klemperer, Rick Jason (who starred for five seasons on TV's "Combat"), Charlton Heston, William Holden, Robert Montgomery, Desi Arnaz (first rejected for being a Cuban, he was injured as an infantryman), Norman Mailer (invaded the Philippines), Alex Haley, Louis L'Amour (Normandy) and Bob Keeshan of "Captain Kangaroo" fame. LADIES' NIGHT. (Townhall.com)
We're reminded that William Boyd and William Holden were once envisioned for the roles of Moses and Rameses, respectively. Page 1 of 2. (Washington Times)
Gray appeared in many westerns as a child actor, including Randolph Scott's "Return of the Bad Men" (1948) and "Rachel and the Stranger" (1948), a frontier drama in which he was the son of a widower played by William Holden. Among Gray's other credits: "The Great Lover," starring Bob Hope; "The Girl From Jones Beach," starring Ronald Reagan and Virginia Mayo; and "The Next Voice You Hear," in which he played the son of Nancy Davis and James Whitmore. (Los Angeles Times)
William Holden, whose stellar career never would have been the same without two Wilder vehicles, "Sunset Boulevard" and "Stalag 17," once described his director as "a tall, loose-jointed man with a brain full of razor blades." In retirement, Mr. Wilder likened his indelible Viennese accent to "a mixture of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu." According to family legend, the nickname Billy originated with his mother, who spent some time in the United States during her youth and adored... (Washington Times)
As someone who became a teenager in the late 1950s, my movie heroes were larger-than-life figures like John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Robert Mitchum, Jimmy Stewart, Marlon Brando, Clark Gable, William Holden, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott, and others of that mold. Compare that lineup to the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Ashton Kutcher, Tom Cruise, Heath Ledger, Justin Timberlake, and the aforementioned Damon and Affleck. (CBS News)
Al Pacino bellowed the first line in Sidney Lumets 1975 bank robbery fiasco Dog Day Afternoon; a year later, Lumets Network starred William Holden, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall in a vicious satire of TV news, with Peter Finch winning the best-actor Oscar for his mad as hell on-air rants. Earlier bare-bones DVD releases of the films are replaced by two-disc sets, each with extensive making-of background and commentary by Lumet. (MSNBC -- Movies)
The film's performers -- Faye Dunaway as the blank, coldblooded network programmer; William Holden as the head of the news division; Robert Duvall as ruthless corporate climber Frank Hackett; Ned Beatty as evangelical executive Arthur Jensen; Beatrice Straight as Holden's pained but forgiving wife; and, especially, Peter Finch as crazy news anchor Howard Beale -- give tremendous performances. Sidney Lumet's direction is, as usual, pitch-perfect. (CNN)
Others in the 1967 production included Orson Welles, William Holden, John Huston, his daughter Anjelica Huston, Peter O'Toole, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer, and Jacqueline Bissett. MMVI CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News)
That's why we didn't bother visiting Schwab's Pharmacy, hangout for Charlie Chaplin and William Holden. Nor did we pay our respects to Cecil B. De Mille at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (USA Today -- Travel)
With: Joel McCrea, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, James Coburn, Randolph Scott, Kris Kristofferson, Jason Robards. By. (Variety)
As well as her on-screen charisma, she was famed for her romances with some of the biggest male stars in Hollywood including Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn and Clark Gable, chronicling the relationships in her autobiographies. Each of her three marriages was said to be stormy. (Belfast Telegraph)
Winters wrote openly in two autobiographies of her romances with Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and other leading men. She also said after she came to Hollywood in the mid-1940s she was roommates with another rising starlet - Marilyn Monroe. (MSNBC -- News)
She wrote openly of her romances with Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and other leading men. Of her dalliance with actor Burt Lancaster: "Despite the immediate and powerful chemistry between us, the love and the friendship, some wise part of me knew that he would never abandon his children while they were young and needed him.". (CBC Calgary)
She wrote openly in them of her romances with Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and other leading men ... She also told of a dalliance with William Holden after a studio Christmas party. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Winters also enjoyed romances with a number of famous actors, among which were Burt Lancaster, Errol Flynn, Farley Granger, Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Sterling Hayden, and William Holden. She gave steamy details of her romances with them in her autobiographies Shelley, Also Known as Shirley and Shelley II: The Middle of My Century. (Earthtimes.com)
The Wild Bunch, an outlaw tale starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine, arrives in a new two-disc DVD edition, while three others make their DVD debuts. A two-disc release of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has 115-minute and 122-minute versions of the film starring James Coburn as the lawman tracking outlaw Billy (Kris Kristofferson), a film perhaps most famous for Bob Dylans theme song Knockin on Heavens Door. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Posted Sunday, Jan. 08, 2006 "Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture," says the cynical scenarist played by William Holden in Billy Wilder's 1950 Sunset Blvd. "They think the actors make it up as they go along." O.K., most actors don't write their own dialogue. But they are more than handsome lugs and ladies. (Time.com)
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