Your Daily Dose of William Holden
William Holden gets some love from a furry friend in The Lion. In real life, Holden had a passion for wildlife and was co-owner of the Mount Kenya Safari Club. He spent much of his own money to set up animal sanctuaries and often publicly spoke out about the importance of saving species.
‘I don’t really know why, but danger has always been an important thing in my life - to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast I could go without cracking up.’ - William Holden.
HAPPY 95th BIRTHDAY WILLIAM HOLDEN!!!
Happy birthday William Holden! You will always be missed you devilishly good-looking man!
Here is Bill celebrating a birthday on the set of Toward the Unknown, with director Mervyn Leroy, Virginia Leith and Lloyd Nolan. (1956)
Time sure flies these days. I plan on making some William Holden cupcakes in the very near future.
RIP Bill!
Stalag 17 (1953) - dir. Billy Wilder
Hotdamn William Holden, hotdamn indeed. Nevermind Network, nevermind Sunset Blvd., nevermind The Bridge on the River Kwai (stop… take a moment to realize just how good those three films are) - this film, right here, is the reason I love William Holden. Holden is one of Hollywood’s finest actors and is sadly under-appreciated half a century later.
Wilder’s Stalag 17 was a groundbreaking film that probably came out a bit too soon. Within a decade of WWII coming to its dramatic and long-awaited end, Wilder went ahead and released this articulate satire anyway. Stalag 17 pokes fun at WWII - it’s the great big sigh of relief only a short eight years after the event. Think of the reaction Paul Greengrass got when he released United 93 in 2006… now imagine if it was a comedy. This is the film that paved the way for Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or even Christopher Morris’ Four Lions. It’s hysterical, riveting, and lead by one of Hollywood’s finest actors.
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Happy 95th Birthday, William Holden
(April 17, 1918 - November 12, 1981)“For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I’m actually doing it. There is a point beyond acting, a point where living becomes important. When you’re making a movie, you get up in the morning and you put on a cloak; you create emotions within yourself, send gastric juices rushing up against the lining of your stomach. It has to be manufactured.”
Happy 95th to the devastatingly handsome and wonderfully talented William Holden. (April 17, 1918 - November 12, 1981) *bom chicka wow wow*
Take any picture you can. One out of four will be good, one out of ten will be very good, and one out of 15 will get you an Academy Award.
William Holden (April 17, 1918 - November 16, 1981)
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