| Miss Grant takes Richmond 1949. Columbia Director: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball, William Holden (Dick Richmond) Frank McHugh, James Gleason, Janis Carter, Gloria Henry Nat Perrin, Devery Freeman and Frank Tshlin, working from a story by Freeman turned in a taylor-made screenplay for the zany talents of Lucille Ball. |
| Ball played a dumb-blonde secretary hired by a bookie syndicate to 'front' their activities in a phoney real-estate office. Her boss was Holden (showing a great flair for comedy) who, when Ball, unaware of what's really going on, actually becomes involved with the plight of a few homeless people, finds himself promoting a low-cost housing scheme. |
| Meet the Stewarts 1942 Columbia Director: Alfred A. Green Cast: William Holden (Michael Stewart) Frances Dee, . |
| Holden first film of the fifties was a decidedly lukewarm comedy. He played an out-of-work doctor who is adopted by five moppets for whom he cooks,sews and chops wood. After initially ignoring the advances of the local village beauty, the finale finds him succumbing to her charms and living happy ever after. |
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| Union Station 1950. Paramount Director: Rudolph Mate Cast: William Holden (Detective Lieut.William Calhourn) Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts, |
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| Father is a bachelor 1950. Columbia Director: Norman Foster Cast: William Holden (Johnny Tutledge) Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Mary Jane Saunders, Stuart Erwin, |
| A tough thriller on the style of "Naked City" with Barry Fitzgerald as the Chief of detectives again and William Holden as the tough detective investigating a case of kidnapping and Nancy Olson as the secretary who first reported the case. Most of the action revolves around Union Station and Lyle Bettger is quite effective as the ruthless kidnapper. Olson and Holden were paired again in "Sunset boulevard" the same year. While the film is dated by the old police techniques of the time, Holden is really coming on his own, showing more deapth that what was strictly required by the character of the stalwart hero of a crime story. |
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| James Gleason, William Holden, Lucille Ball |
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| Starring: William Holden : 1949 - 1950 |
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