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April 17, 2018 By iluvcinema Leave a Comment

William Holden Appreciation Post

No way would I let this day pass (4/17/18) without dropping a line to acknowledge the 100th birthday of one of my favorite actors – William Holden.

In the ten plus years I have been working on this blog, I have had occasion to write about some of my favorite Holden films:

  • Happy Belated Birthday Bill Holden
  • Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: Apartment for Peggy
  • Films Set in the Nation’s Capital (brief mention of Born Yesterday)

At the risk of being repetitive, I am going to go ahead and mention films which are essential viewing featuring the Golden Boy.

Our Town (1940): Here Holden is in true cinnamon roll form. Made a year after his first screen credit (Golden Boy), this adaptation of the Thornton Wilder portrays Holden as the wide-eyed small town fella I imagine him to be if he remained in his birthplace of O’Fallon, Illinois (he was raised in Pasadena, California from the age of three).

Title: OUR TOWN ¥ Pers: SCOTT, MARTHA / HOLDEN, WILLIAM ¥ Year: 1940 ¥ Dir: WOOD, SAM ¥ Ref: OUR020AA ¥ Credit: [ UNITED ARTISTS / THE KOBAL COLLECTION ]
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