Actor William Holden's Palm Springs Home For Sale Apr 3, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- A hilltop Palm Springs home custom-built for the late Oscar-winning actor William Holden is on the market, with an asking price of $6. 75 million. (NBC4. CA)
A west wing of his very own Apr 3, 2005
" Cecelia Waeschle, who represented Jones in buying the house, has the listing at Sotheby's International Realty, Malibu, with Joyce Rey at Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills South. A penthouse tall enough for a Laker Laker forward Slava Medvedenko has purchased a penthouse condo at Playa Vista for $1.2 million. The newly built unit has two bedrooms plus a study and 2 1/2 bathrooms in nearly 3,000 square feet. The single-level condo is at the top of a four-story building and has two decks with views... (Los Angeles Times)
Peggy Noonan Nov 2, 2004
As president of the Screen Actors Guild he led the resistance to a growing communist presence in the unions and, with allies such as William Holden, out-argued the boutique leftism of the Hollywood salons. But when a small army of congressional gasbags came to town, Ronald Reagan told the House Un-American Activities Committee that Hollywood could police itself, thank you. (Townhall.com)
• VIDEO PREVIEW: Beaten to the Punch Jul 14, 2004
s burned-out British agent on assignment in East Berlin; and the World War II thriller "The Counterfeit Traitor" (1962), starring William Holden as an oil trader turned undercover spy. Two other overseas standouts also turn up on DVD from Koch Lorber: "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" (1979), director Ermanno Olmi's award-winning account of peasants in turn-of-the-century Italy; and Taiwan's "The Wooden Man's Bride" (1994), about forbidden love in remote 1920s China. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Marlon the misogynist? Jul 11, 2004
Duvall, while being interviewed about Network, described being on the set with William Holden, and how the actor sought out women, enjoying their company, as if it were strange. One can't imagine Duvall - or Brando - doing such a thing. (Google News Canada -- Entertainment)
The Fifties are back Jun 28, 2004
At 3 p.m. Sunday, Camden Public Library will screen a film from 1956, the screen adaptation of William Inge's Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Picnic." William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell and Susan Strasberg star in an Academy Award-winning drama about the impact of a virile drifter on a small Midwestern town during Labor Day weekend. "Picnic," like the Camden-filmed "Peyton Place," was considered pretty racy in its day. (Lincoln County Weekly, ME)
Washington Times Jun 8, 2004
Another staunch Hollywood pal, William Holden, was the best man. A daughter, Patricia, was born in October of that year. (Google News -- Entertainment)
Hollywood Reporter Jun 6, 2004
Marries MGM starlet Nancy Davis in a small private ceremony at the Little Brown Church of the Valley in North Hollywood with only William Holden and his wife, Brenda Marshall, attending. They had two children: Patti and Ron. (Google News -- US)
Houston Chronicle Jun 6, 2004
Reagan never became a big box office draw like some of his friends, such as William Holden. His career stalled in the 1950s, and he settled for the comedy Bedtime for Bonzo, playing a college professor who raises a chimpanzee in his home. (Google News -- US)
IGNFF Mailbag: 6/4/04 Jun 4, 2004
The Bridge on the River Kwai: Alec Guinness, William Holden, etc. Stalag 17: (The best POW movie) w/William Holden, Peter Graves, etc. (IGN FilmForce)
'The Day After Tomorrow' to join favorite people-in-peril flicks May 28, 2004
William Holden fears for his life in the 1974 disaster epic "The Towering Inferno." ... Shoddy workmanship dooms San Francisco's 138-story Glass Tower in "The Towering Inferno." Allen's 1974 blockbuster stars Paul Newman as the architect who realizes, too late, that builder William Holden has cut construction corners, and Steve McQueen is the fire chief who develops a daring plan to rescue the people trapped on the 135th floor when the building goes up in flames. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
Phil Gersh Passes Away May 13, 2004
Gersh eventually expanded his client roster to include actors, among them: Karl Malden, Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, June Allyson, William Holden, Eddie Albert and Lloyd Bridges. In 1949 he founded his own business, The Phil Gersh Agency, and helped secure key roles for his clients, such as Bogart in Sabrina, Niven in and Wise as director of The Sound of Music. (Film Stew, CA)
Phil Gersh, Dominant Agent in Hollywood, Is Dead at 92 May 12, 2004
Over the years Mr. Gersh represented actors like Humphrey Bogart, David Niven, William Holden, June Allyson, Richard Burton, Lee J. Cobb, Fredric March, Gloria Grahame and James Mason ... Then he sought Mr. Gersh's help during filming, saying the director was favoring Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. (New York Times)
Bond, Grandpa Bond Apr 23, 2004
The story was based on an Ian Fleming novel, but David Niven not Sean Connery played Bond, and an all-star cast of Ursula Andress, Peter Sellers, Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and even Woody Allen helped heap on the humor. Imagine what a cast Tarantino would assemble. (Fox News)
El Cerrito Journal Apr 17, 2004
A great museum in a beautiful building, housing things like the William Holden Collection (mostly Asian art), the George Montgomery Collection (mostly Western art), and a magnificent collection of the most wonderful art glass work by William Morris. ( 04/23/2004 03:01 AM PDT). (Contra Costa Times)
Truth, Justice and the American Way Mar 31, 2004
569 26,887 19,538 196. Topics Articles Links Courses. (Suite101.com)
Feature: The 'Sunset Blvd.' all-stars Mar 28, 2004
The 1950 black comedy earned 11 Oscar nominations -- including Best Picture, Best Director for Wilder, Best Actor for William Holden and Best Actress for Gloria Swanson. It won three statuettes -- including one for the screenplay by Wilder, Charles Brackett and D.M. Marshman Jr.. (UPI-World News)
CYBERTRIPS: Web tips for a vacation visit to sunny southern Arizona Mar 9, 2004
Old Tucson -- / -- is a little bit of the Old West that started out as the movie set for the 1939 production of "Arizona," starring William Holden and Jean Arthur. Since then, it has been used for more than 70 films. (SFGate.com -- Travel & Recreation Breaking News)
Film series to tout award winners Mar 1, 2004
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, the movie was made in 1954 and is in black and white and is 112 minutes in length ... Humphrey Bogart and William Holden are the wealthy Larrabee brothers of Long Island, but when Sabrina, daughter of the family's chauffeur returns from Paris grown up and beautiful, the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell of Hepburn's delightful charms. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
The Wild Rover Feb 27, 2004
The film begins with cowpuncher William Holden asking his younger, lower-IQ buddy Ryan O'Neal the meaning of life ... Among all the filmmaker's duels between lamblike purity and the canniness of the carnivore, S.O.B. unfolds on the broadest canvas: The movie producer (a memorably wild-eyed Richard Mulligan) and three old cynics--a sexually ambiguous hack doctor (Robert Preston), a boozing and whoring hack director (William Holden), and a dyspeptic press agent (Robert Webber)--are assaulted by... (City Pages)
GO>> Feb 22, 2004
In the 1960s a group of conservationists, including actor William Holden, became concerned about shrinking wildlife populations in Kenya. They captured 30 bongos from the slopes of Mount Kenya and shipped them to U.S. zoos for breeding. (National Geographic)
US-bred antelope meet their Kenyan homeland Jan 31, 2004
Working with his friend, actor William Holden, he captured 20 mountain antelope and sent them to the United States for breeding. Yesterday, the descendants of those animals returned to Mount Kenya, a major step in Hunt's dream of returning wild bongos to the mountain he now calls home. (Boston Globe -- World)
'From Here to Eternity' returns to big screen Jan 7, 2004
Wallach said he surrendered the part because, having recently scored a Broadway success in Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," he wanted to star in the Broadway premiere of Williams' "Camino Real.". Lancaster and Clift, competing in the leading category, lost to William Holden ("Stalag 17") (Aspinwall Valley Herald, PA)
The Best Is Yet To Be - A Stroll Down Memory Lane Jan 5, 2004
"The guy who was really friendly was William Bendix," Joe continued. There are a couple of generations now that don't know who William Holden was, or even Grace Kelly (Vallejo News, CA)
Star's death sparks Hollywood memories Dec 27, 2003
Crain appeared in 64 films and many television shows during her long career, playing opposite such stars as Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas and William Holden. She became a leading star in the World War II and postwar years (Fremont News Messenger, OH)
WELCOME TO Zap2it | WHAT TO WATCH Dec 20, 2003
She's hip and cool, coming from California and rumored to have had an affair with William Holden. The girls lover her (Zap2it.com)
Oscar-nominated actress Jeanne Crain dies at 78 Dec 15, 2003
Crain appeared in 64 films and many television shows during her long career, playing opposite such stars as Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas and William Holden. She was nominated for an Academy Award for playing a black girl passing for white in the controversial 1949 film "Pinky." (WKYT, KY)
Actress Jeanne Crain Dead At 78 Dec 15, 2003
Crain, who was white, died of a heart attack at her Santa Barbara home early Sunday morning, according to her son, Paul Brinkman Jr. She appeared in 64 films and many television shows during her long career, playing opposite such stars as Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas and William Holden. She followed with a musical, "You Were Meant for Me," opposite Dan Dailey, and "An Apartment for Peggie," a romance with William Holden (CBS News)
Cedar man remembers WWII in Canadian army Dec 8, 2003
Robert was one of the "Black Devils," or "Devil's Brigade," which was depicted in a movie starring William Holden. "It's a wonder how we all survived," George was quoted in The Herald-Gazette of Bracebridge (St. George Daily Spectrum, UT)
Video Releases Dec 4, 2003
Our Town: Sam Wood's 1940 adaptation of Thornton Wilder's American classic, with William Holden and Martha Scott in the lead roles. Nominated for six Academy Awards including best picture and best actress (Scott) (Winston Salem Journal, NC)
Annual rodeo and celebration grew out of Depression's poverty Nov 28, 2003
The nature of the guests of honor also reflected the time with Colonel William Holden of the Florence internment camp being invited. Miss America of 1942, Jo Carrol Dennison, was asked to attend (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Feature: A century of Western movies Nov 27, 2003
TCM is showing several Westerns on Saturdays this November, and lists some of the greatest Western movie stars on its Web site, such as John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, William Holden, Burt Lancaster, Gary Cooper, and Robert Mitchum, as well as important Western directors and their contributions, including John Ford, Cecil B. De Mille, and Sam Peckinpah. From roughly the '30s to the late '50s, studios produced "A" and "B" Westerns (United Press International)
Wait Until Dark Nov 26, 2003
William Wyler's "Roman Holiday" (1953) for which Hepburn won her Oscar, will play Dec. 7. When she returns from school in Paris, millionaire Bogart and his playboy brother William Holden see her as never before (Leader Times, PA)
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Nov 26, 2003
George Gibbs (William Holden) and Emily Webb (Martha Scott) fall in love and marry, and then the Stage manager jumps forward to see events 9 years later. The main contributor to the impact of the film is designer William Cameron Menzies (DVD Talk, OR)
The bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ) Nov 22, 2003
...insect- infested hot country! Finally the handsome Hollywood actorand star William Holden was cast in that role. For the role of ... (Sify, India)
Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ) Nov 22, 2003
...actress! Exit Montgomery Clift! And then came William Holden! Thenew golden boy in Hollywood was eager to act under Wilder. His ... (Sify, India)
Today in history - Nov. 16 Nov 16, 2003
On Nov. 16, 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the Civil War. In 1981, actor William Holden was found dead in his apartment in Santa Monica, Calif (Boston.com, MA)
This Day in History Nov 16, 2003
In 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the Civil War. In 1981, actor William Holden was found dead in his apartment in Santa Monica, Calif (Juneau Empire, AK)
Palm Springs Nov 16, 2003
Although this cemetery is not on the tour, you may want to return to visit the graves of Bono (whose headstone reads "And the beat goes on"), Busby Berkeley, William Powell and Frank Sinatra, who is buried there with his parents Anthony and Dolly Sinatra. You'll also cruise through Rancho Mirage, "the playground of the presidents" and site of the Betty Ford Center, Indian Wells and Palm Desert, where Sinatra lived (Everett Herald, WA)
On this day Nov 15, 2003
1965 - Death of William Cosgrave, Irish statesman and first president of the Irish Free State (1922-32). 1981 - Death of William Holden (William Franklin Beedle), American actor who won an Oscar for Stalag 17 (Advertiser, Australia)
Movies on TV Nov 11, 2003
William Holden, Otto Preminger. William Holden, Grace Kelly (Boston Globe, MA)
Jump back in the saddle for a loving look at B Westerns Nov 5, 2003
S. Hart, Tom Mix, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood and other stars who didn'tspecialize in Westerns but were impressive in their share: William Holden ... (Oregonian, OR)
Famous in fiction Nov 2, 2003
One of Averill's personal "outsider" favorites is the fictional Hal Carter, the handsome stranger who suddenly appears in a small Kansas town on Labor Day in playwright William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Picnic.". Hal Carter and Madge Owens, the fictional couple who find true love in less than 24 hours in Kansas playwright William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Picnic." (Topeka Capital Journal, KS)
Cook, Goulet, Grammer, Peters, Reynolds and More Featured in ... Oct 31, 2003
Stage and screen actress Stefanie Powers will host an all-star concert to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation. Co-founded by Stefanie Powers and the late William Holden, the William Holden Wildlife Foundation's Education Center in Kenya has hosted over 70,000 people (Playbill.com, NY)
The Rep's David Grapes gives aging 'Dracula' fresh blood Oct 25, 2003
Later came Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950), with Gloria Swanson and, narrating from beyond the grave, William Holden; and Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953), with a square-jawed Glenn Ford facing off against a nasty Lee Marvin, who tosses a carafe of hot coffee in Gloria Grahame's face; later she returns the favor. Summing up the genre ' and maybe finishing it off ' is Touch of Evil (1958), which some place alongside Citizen Kane in the Welles canon (The Tennessean, TN)
Janice Rule Oct 23, 2003
In 1953, she made her Broadway acting debut as Madge Owens, the ingenue beauty queen in William Inge's Picnic, and went on to appear in several other Broadway productions. Her performance in Michael V Gazzo's Night Circus (1959), in which she played the neurotic beauty who destroys the lives of others before destroying her own, led to her being cast in similar roles in films (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
Animation and Arnold on TV this week Oct 10, 2003
William Holden won the best actor Oscar. 1953 (Everett Herald, WA)
Billion at a time Oct 9, 2003
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) starring Alec Guinness and William Holden. 3 (Town Hall, DC)
The 100+ Funniest Films Oct 8, 2003
THE THIN MAN (1934) William Powell and Myrna Loy play Dashiell Hammett's married sleuths, Nick and Nora Charles. MY MAN GODFREY (1936) A spoiled-rotten heiress (Carole Lombard) hires a shabby-looking bum (William Powell) and learns about life (Reader's Digest)
Was it all downhill for films after 1939? Oct 2, 2003
William Wyler's version of Wuthering Heights launched the Hollywood career of a swarthy British leading man named Laurence Olivier. So popular was the romance that one-third of the newborn girls that year were named 'Cathy,' perhaps after Merle Oberon's character (Wilmington Morning Star, NC)
ARTS & LEISURE Oct 1, 2003
Starring William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck. The Hustler' (1961) by Robert Rossen (Kathimerini, Greece)
See Schwarzenegger's first 'Recall' Sep 26, 2003
Based on the Tennessee Williams play. Raucous POW comedy from director Billy Wilder, with William Holden in an Oscar-winning turn as a wise guy in a German camp (Everett Herald, WA)
