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| Starring: William Holden : 1938 - 1939 |
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| Prison farm 1938. Paramount Director: Louis King Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Ross, James Carrol Naish. William Holden (a prisoner) |
| A young woman( Shirley Ross) falls in love with a bank robber.(Lloyd Nolan)She is arrested while visiting him in prison and ends up in prison herself. Holden is one of the inmates. |
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| Million Dollar Legs 1939. Paramount Director: Nick Grinde Cast: Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O'Connor, Jackie Coogan William Holden (a graduate) (uncredited) |
| A comedy about life in a college, Holden is one of the graduates. |
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| Golden Boy 1939. Columbia Director: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden (Joe Bonaparte) Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Calleia, Sam Levene, Beatrice Blinn |
| An adaptation of a play by Clifford Odets , one of Broadway's biggest hits in 1937, is the story of Joe Bonaparte, a young man torn between his violin and the boxing ring. At the end he makes the right choice. |
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| Barbara Stanwyck, Lee J.Cobb, William Holden |
| Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden |
| William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Barbara Stanwyck |
| Rouben Mamoulian later commented:" Chemistry, looks, that mysterious quality, and iron determination, carried Bill through. Also the will to work and Barbara Stanwyck" |
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| Invisible Stripes 1939. Warner Brothers Director: Lloyd Bacon Cast: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden (Tim Taylor) Flora Robson, Jane Bryan |
| Routine crime drama that found Raft and Bogart as criminal cohorts who make the mistake of antagonizing their former gang members, who shoot them both down in the film's gun-happy climax. Playing Raft's ingenuous brother, Holden showed he had still a lot to learn. |
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