Daily television guide Nov 19, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Disaster Week: IGN's Disaster Movie Showcase Nov 13, 2009
Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire and (wait for it) O.J. Simpson. Maybe the biggest cast of stars and legends ever assembled prior to Ocean's 11, Towering Inferno was nominated for Best Picture and is one of the best disaster movies ever made. (IGN FilmForce)
Barbara Stanwyck Among Finest Film ... Nov 12, 2009
Golden Boy, co-starring William Holden ... Marilyn Monroe, William Holden Among Stanwyck's Grateful Co-Stars ... (And at the 1978 Oscars, Stanwyck and William Holden were presenting the award for best sound when he stopped the show to publicly thank her for saving his career. (Suite101.com)
10 restaurants where you can watch the stars Sep 19, 2009
Remember that I Love Lucy episode when the always star-struck Lucy eats at Hollywoods Brown Derby and finds William Holden sitting in the next booth. Hilarity, of course, ensues, with Lucy making a fool of herself trying to get Holdens attentionnot the first fan to try interacting with a celebrity trying to have a quiet dinner at a restaurant. (MSNBC -- Travel)
A Labor Day picnic worth checking out Sep 7, 2009
Picnic, the 1955 movie starring William Holden and Kim Novak, is the great exception to this rule. It somehow manages to offer both the laughable excesses of a bad movie and the subtle, moving emotion of a good one. (Boston Globe)
New on DVD: 'Repulsion,' 'Towering Inferno,' 'American Affair' Jul 31, 2009
Acted to perfection, it stars William Holden, and enormously appealing Maggie McNamara as the proper but frank young woman who mouths some of the script. s words then new to the screen. (USA Today -- Life)
The unrivaled year for moviemaking: 1939 Jul 12, 2009
And still more: Young Mr. Lincoln, Only Angels Have Wings, Love Affair, Each Dawn I Die, Intermezzo, Golden Boy, the last two introducing a pair of the factory s next generation of stars, Ingrid Bergman and William Holden. Even Paramount s Midnight, a screwball comedy with no thoughts of eternity in its elegant little head, plays as streamlined near-perfection today. (Boston Globe)
Pass the bloody marys Jun 5, 2009
"Sunset Blvd." (1950) When we meet Joe Gillis (William Holden), he's floating in a pool. Then Billy Wilder's drama backs up to explain how he got there. (Boston Globe)
Original 'King Kong' roars into Portsmouth tonight Jun 3, 2009
7 p.m.(R, 145 mins, US, 1969)The aging gunmen (William Holden, Robert Ryan, and Ernest Borgnine) of Sam Peckinpahs masterpiece break the very laws of honor that bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West. KidsRULE. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Congressman Affleck meets the press May 22, 2009
Also stars Faye Dunaway and William Holden. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (2005). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Prison Film Festival Offers Guilty Pleasures May 11, 2009
Lawes also wrote the original story for another film in the series, "Invisible Stripes," starring George Raft as an ex-convict who tries to prevent his former cellmate (Humphrey Bogart) from luring Raft's brother (William Holden) into a life of crime. Brown is a fan of several classic movies in the series, including "Angels With Dirty Faces," in which James Cagney is seen going off to Sing Sing's old electric chair. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* HK lifts quarantine, lets Metropark guests leave May 9, 2009
The South China Morning Post newspaper reported that at least two new couples had formed, along with other tales of intrigue on the edge of Hong Kongs Wanchai district, made famous by the 1960s movie The World of Suzie Wong, starring William Holden. At least one of the women trapped in the hotel was believed to be a prostitute X not unheard of in the pleasure district known for its bargirls and popular with visiting US sailors. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Network: The Transformation of Jour... Apr 18, 2009
Veteran producers, including his best friend and boss Max Schumacher (William Holden), are mortified by Beale s actions, yet an executive named Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) notices that ratings are higher than ever and convinces corporate executive Frank Hackett (Robert Duvall) to give Beale his own show ... William Holden as Max Schumacher. (Suite101.com)
Expert says 'Sunset Blvd.' a good example of movie style Mar 16, 2009
While there are hundreds of excellent examples of film noir in the American movie canon, there are few that are as memorable as Billy Wilder's 1950 masterpiece "Sunset Blvd." starring William Holden as a down-on-his-luck screenwriter and Gloria Swanson as the silent-screen-star-gone-to-seed who lures the young scribe into her world of madness ... While there are hundreds of excellent examples of film noir in the American movie canon, there are few that are as memorable as Billy Wilder's 1950... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Dirty Harry, Alien's Ripley are Mr. and Ms. Badass Feb 21, 2009
Pike Bishop (William Holden): (Warner). 8. (Multichannel News)
Movie: The Counterfeit Traitor (196... Feb 13, 2009
William Holden spies for the Allies in the 1962 WW II thriller The Counterfeit Traitor ... William Holden stars as a Swedish businessman-turned-Allied spy, with Lilli Palmer as his lover and confederate ... William Holden (Eric Erickson) and Lilli Palmer (Marianne Mollendorf) head the cast. (Suite101.com)
Classic films ask: Where have all the cowboys gone? (1) Feb 8, 2009
In the end, though, the best reason to see "The Wild Bunch" is the image of William Holden utilizing a Gatling gun to mow down a few dozen Mexican military men during the movie's extended gunfight finale. It just doesn't get much cooler than that. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
