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...romantic spirit at the movies these days. Maybe because Writer Heims has a saving, cynical sense of humor. Maybe because Eastwood has an easy way with actors that is far easier, more relaxed than his fussy manner with the camera. But probably most of all because Bill Holden, 55, is still an astringent, no-nonsense sort of actor, and his old-pro integrity is matched by the artless, awkward sincerity of Newcomer Lenz...
...narc whose specialty is disguises. The latter style was best exemplified by last week's The Blue Knight (NBC), a four-hour special strung out over four consecutive evenings. Based on the novel by the Los Angeles policeman and bestselling author, Joseph Wambaugh, it gave William Holden a solid TV dramatic debut as a patrolman who has been on the same beat for 20 years and decides to bail...
Jonathan D. Quick '73-74, executive vice president of PBH, estimated the sale will yield from $200 to $400 which will be used to support various PBH programs. The auction will begin at 3 p.m. in the courtyard between Phillips Brooks House and Holden Chapel...
...Sunset Boulevard. Billy Wilder utilized his detailed knowledge of Hollywood decadence in writing the Oscar-winning screenplay to an all-that-glitters-is-not-sequins sunset city epic. William Holden gurgles the narration from his face down predicament in Gloria Swanson's swimming pool, but after the devastingly effective shot of Miss Swanson descending the spiral staircase, it is understandable why he chose to watch the action from that vantage point. One gets the feeling that only those who have seen this peculiar type of behavior will appreciate it, and maybe even they wouldn't. Channel...
...Holden came to the U.S. after 30 years on the British stage and played with such leading men as Clark Gable, Alan Ladd and Walter Pidgeon. But it was not until she fretted over Mickey Rooney in the Andy Hardy series that she acquired mythic-mother status. She played the role in 15 Hardy pictures...