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Stalag 17

Stalag 17 (1953) starring William Holden, Otto Preminger
Stalag 17 (1953) starring William Holden, Otto Preminger [Opening narration] Cookie: I don’t know about you, but it always makes me sore when I see those war pictures… all about flying leathernecks and submarine patrols and frogmen and guerillas in the Philippines. What gets me is that there...
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Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) starring William Holden, Jennifer Jones
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) starring William Holden, Jennifer Jones Love is a Many Splendored Thing. Newsman Mark Elliott is an American war correspondent in Hong Kong, separated from his wife. During the closing days of the Chinese Civil War, he meets and pursues a beautiful...
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Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday (1950) starring Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford
Born Yesterday (1950) starring Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford Synopsis of Born Yesterday  Broderick Crawford wants his girlfriend Judy Holliday to be cultured.  He hires William Holden to teach her in a hilarious Garson Kanin comedy set in Washington, D.C. Priceless Judy repeated Broadway triumph and won an Oscar(r)...
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond [Lucille Ball]

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) starring Lucille Ball, William Holden, James Gleason
Miss Grant Takes Richmond  (1949) starring  Lucille Ball, William Holden, James Gleason Miss Grant Takes Richmond  begins at a secretarial school. The grave-looking Charles Lane is overseeing his class, including Ellen Grant, played by the lovely  Lucille Ball.   Most of the class is performing well, but not...
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Sabrina [Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn]

Sabrina, starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Sabrina (1954) starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, directed by Billy Wilder Synopsis of Sabrina Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie’s all work, Holden’s all playboy. But then the daughter of the family’s chauffeur returns from Paris. Sabrina is all grown...
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