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WILLIAM HOLDEN in BORN YESTERDAY (1950) dir. George Cukor

William Holden in The Key (1958) dir. Carol Reed

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“Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn’t want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.” William Holden

WILLIAM HOLDEN in SUNSET BOULEVARD dir. Billy Wilder 

William Holden in STALAG 17 (1953) dir. Billy Wilder

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Sunset Boulevard (1950) dir. Billy Wilder

William Holden in Life magazine.

Judy Holliday and William Holden in Born Yesterday (1950).

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MEET THE STEWARTS (Dir: Alfred E Green, 1942).

A domestic comedy from Columbia Pictures which provides an early role for future acting legend William Holden.

Meet the Stewarts' paper thin plot concerns the matrimonial problems of working class Mike Stewart (William Holden) and new bride Candy (Frances Dee). Juggling a limited budget and disapproving families, Candy is determined to prove herself a dutiful wife, without the help of Daddy's income.

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Meet the Stewarts

Meet the Stewarts (Dir: Alfred E Green, 1942).  A domestic comedy from Columbia Pictures which provides an early role for future acting leg

THE DARK PAST (Dir: Rudolph Maté, 1948).

Told in flashback and narrated by Lee J Cobb as criminal psychiatrist Dr Andrew Collins, Collins relates how he and his family were held hostage by escaped convict Al Walker (Holden). With the help of Walker's girl Betty (Nina Foch), the good doc attempts to uncover Walker's unconscious motivation to kill, a disorder linked to a recurring nightmare following childhood truma.

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The Dark Past (1948)

The Dark Past (Dir: Rudolph Maté, 1948).  Based upon a play by James Warwick, The Dark Past was filmed previously by Columbia Pictures as

One evening [during the production of Paris When It Sizzles] Holden began climbing the wail that led up to Audrey’s dressing-room window at the studio. Richard Quine and George Axelrod screamed at him to desist, but he refused. Audrey, like Rapunzel in the fairy tale, came to the window and leaned out to look at her highly improbable knight-errant. Holden kissed her, then slipped and plunged from the tree, landing with a brutal thwack on top of a parked automobile. - Charles Higham, AUDREY