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Texas   1941. Columbia
Director: George Marshall
Cast:   William Holden (Dan Thomas)
     Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor,
      George Bancroft, Edgar Buchanan,
      Raymond Hatton,

Meet the Stewarts   1942
Columbia
Director: Alfred A. Green
Cast:   William Holden (Michael Stewart)
             Frances Dee,

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Holden plays a hyper-efficient small town accountant that discover a discrepancy in the city budget. His honesty put him in trouble with his corrupt superiors. To his rescue comes none other than the spirit of Andrew Jackson .
The film is saved by the strong performances of Holden and Donlevy (Jackson)

The remarkable Andrew 1942.
Paramount
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: William Holden (Andrew Long)
Brian Donlevy, Ellen Drew,

Meet the Stewarts 1942.
Columbia
Director: Alfred A. Green
Cast: William Holden (Michael Stewart)
Frances Dee, Anne Revere,

Last film Holden starred in before going to war, it a top notch comedy, with good performances by the four leads. Robert Benchley though, steal the show.

Perfectly charming Hollywood comedy with young Holden in top form and good supporting cast.

Frances Dee, William Holden

The Fleet's in 1942.
Paramount
Director: Alfred A. Green
Cast:   William Holden (Casey Kirby)
           Dorothy Lamour, Betty Hutton,
            Eddie Bracken,

Timid saylor Casey Kirby (Holden) is tricked into a bet by a shipmate- to have a beautiful but icy nightclub singer (Lamour) kiss him while on leave. The film is flat and the only redeeming quality is the presence of Betty Hutton in her screen debut. Holden is colorless in this one.

Young and Willing 1943.
Cinema Guild Productions
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast:   William Holden (Norman Reese)
        Eddie Bracken, Susan Hayward,
            Martha O'Driscoll, Robert Benchley

Four years will pass before William Holden's return to the screen in 1947.
He completed a short documentary depicting the duties of a fighting pilot, flying reconaissances missions in the Pacific. the title was' Reconaissance Pilot"

Friends Holden and Ford are rivals for the affections of Claire Trevor in this lively, action- jammed Western pitting cattleman against cattle rustler in the sprawling Texas landscapes. It might have been an epic, but a cost-conscious production kept a tight rein. It is still a very good film.

William Holden, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor

Starring:
William Holden : 1941 - 1943