Word: holden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Holden Caulfield Andy Hardy
...some special problems of his own. Change Lopez, the meanest pachuquito in town, threatens to castrate him; an assignation becomes an embarrassing flop; and he can't decide whether he loves the Episcopal rector's daughter or the gardener's. Eventually, like Huck Finn, Penrod and Holden Caulfield, all of whom he resembles, Josh painfully squirms through the gap in the hedge that separates adolescence from manhood...
...year it is the filthy 1,500, a mixed bag of World War II regimental rejects who hate the brass en masse. As in Dozen, they are given a last chance to shape up or ship out. Under the brutal direction of their hard-nosed but inexperienced commander (William Holden), they decide that valor is the better part of discretion, and begin playing soldiers in earnest...
...killing. While artillery shells resound overhead, the men-now called "The Devil's Brigade" by fearful Germans-begin their assault on a steep mountain in Italy, the peak of which is enemy territory. There is room at the top, but along the way many good devils die, and Holden comes to realize the cost of his merciless goading. As a mainstream tough-and-rumble military movie, The Devil's Brigade-which is based on actual events-offers few new sights or insights. After nearly three decades of World War II films, it is hardly surprising that Hollywood...
Tryouts for both choruses are being held in Holden Chapel this spring and during the first week of classes next fall...