Movies starring William Holden

Biography: 
William Holden came from a wealthy family (the Beedles) that moved to Pasadena, California, when he was three. His father was an industrial chemist and his mother a teacher. In 1937, while studying chemistry at Pasadena Junior College, he was signed to a film contract by Paramount. His first starring role was as a young man torn between the violin and boxing in "Golden Boy (1939)". From then on he ...  show all 

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: William Holden | Jack Hawkins | Alec Guinness | Sessue Hayakawa | James Donald | Geoffrey Horne | André Morell | Peter Williams | John Boxer | Percy Herbert | Harold Goodwin | Ann Sears | Heihachiro Okawa | Keiichiro Katsumoto | M.R.B. Chakrabandhu
Directors: David Lean
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The film is in charge of the situation of British prisoners of war during the Second World war who are ordered to construct a bridge to lodge the of Burma-Siam. Their must the bridge, but, conducted by Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, mind and respectability in the hostile circumstances. At the beginning, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he endures courageously torment rather than compromise his principles aimed at the commander Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an arrogant but honorable man, who is slowly revealed to be one deceiving. It persuades himself that the bridge is a monument with British character, but a monument really belongs to him and her emphasis on its building becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the . The unknown to him, the Allies sent a mission to the jungle, led by the Manager (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Tondages (William Holden), to exaggerate the bridge.

Le film s’occupe de la situation de prisonniers de guerre britanniques pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui sont ordonnés de construire un pont pour loger le chemin de fer de Birmanie-Siam. Leur doit saboter le pont, mais, sous la direction de Nicholson (Alec Guinness), ils sont convaincus que le pont devrait être construit comme un symbole de britannique, esprit et dignité dans les circonstances hostiles. Au début, les prisonniers admirent Nicholson quand il endure courageusement la torture plutôt que le compromis ses principes à l’intention du commandant japonais Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). Il est un homme honorable mais arrogant, qui est lentement révélé pour être un obsessif trompé. Il se convainc que le pont est un monument au caractère britannique, mais est vraiment un monument à lui et son insistance sur sa devient une forme subtile de collaboration avec l’ennemi. Inconnu à lui, les Alliés ont envoyé une mission dans la jungle, menée par le Directeur (Jack Hawkins) et un américain, les Tondages (Guillaume Holden), exagérer le pont.

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Sabrina (1954)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Humphrey Bogart | Audrey Hepburn | William Holden | Walter Hampden | John Williams | Martha Hyer | Joan Vohs | Marcel Dalio | Marcel Hillaire | Nella Walker | Francis X. Bushman | Ellen Corby | David Ahdar | Raymond Bailey | Ralph Brooks
Directors: Billy Wilder
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Linus and Davis Larrabee are two sons of a very rich family. Linus is all the work *mdash; feverishly directing the family , he does not have any time for a wife and family. David is all the game *mdash; technically he is used by the family business, but it is never revealed for the work, all his time happens entertaining, and he has been married and he got from three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina the Fairchild is the young, shy, and daughter of the of house, that all his life has been taken a fancy by David, but David scarcely notices his *mdash; *quot; he does not know until existo*quot; *mdash; until she leaves to for two years, and is sick to an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she thinks that she has captured the attention of David, but since she does this way, she is falling down to herself Linus’s lover, and she thinks that Linus also falls down in love with her.

Linus y Davis Larrabee son los dos hijos de una familia muy rica. Linus es todo el trabajo *mdash; afanosamente dirigiendo la familia Imperio corporativo, él no tiene ningún tiempo para una esposa y familia. David es todo el juego *mdash; técnicamente él es empleado por el negocio de familia, pero nunca se revela para el trabajo, pasa todo su tiempo entreteniendo, y ha estado casado y divorció de tres veces. Mientras tanto, Sabrina el Fairchild es la hija joven, tímida, y torpe del chófer de casa, que ha sido encaprichado por David toda su vida, pero David apenas nota su *mdash; "no sabe hasta que existo" *mdash; hasta que ella se marche a París durante dos años, y devuelva a una mujer elegante, sofisticada, hermosa. De repente, ella encuentra que ella ha capturado la atención de David, pero como ella hace así, ella se encuentra cayéndose enamorado de Linus, y ella encuentra que Linus también se cae enamorado de ella.

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