One of the best cinematic discoveries I made through this blog is a wonderful actor (with the most irresistible smile ever) named William Holden. Last year, I did a marathon and watched a ton of his films. I have now seen 22 of his films!
I can’t believe that, a few years ago, I didn’t care for him! He now has the silver medal and belong to the second place in my personal top list of favourite actors.
Because this handsome man was such a great and appreciated actor, and because I absolutely adore him, I couldn’t resist creating a blogathon in his honour. “Another Blogathon Virginie?” Yes, another one! They are so much fun to host and that’s one of the best ways to celebrate our love of films and movie stars. I hope many of you will participate! 🙂
The event will take place from April 15 until April 17 (on Bill’s 98th birthday), 2016. Of course, if you want to participate, there are some friendly rules to respect:
1- Choose your subject. It can be anything related to William Holden. If you decided to review a film, I’d ask you to respect a no duplicates rule. If you choose a subject that seems too similar to another one, I might ask you to change it. William Holden is a man of great diversity! 😉 And, yes, you can write two entries.
2- You can submit your subject by commenting on this post or via Twitter (@Ginnie_SP), or you can send me a mail at virginie.pronovost@gmail.com, or you can always visit my Facebook page The Wonderful World of Cinema. For your submission, give me your subject, the name of your blog, and the URL.
2- Once your choice is confirmed, promote the blogathon! I’ve created some banners that you can use on your blog to spread the world. Ask your friends to join, share it on Facebook, Twitter, etc.! Even if you can’t participate, you can help us promote it! I’d be very grateful. If you use twitter, you can use this hashtag: #goldenboyblogathon
3- I won’t give you any specific day to publish your entry. As long as you publish it on April 15, 16 or 17, 2016, that’s fine for me.
4- On April 15, I will publish a new post where you will submit your entry. You can also send them to me via twitter, email, etc.
5- Of course, have fun! And don’t hesitate to ask questions! 🙂
Here are the blog’s names with their subject:
The Wonderful World of Cinema – William Holden Tribute
Ramblings of a Cinephile – Sunset Boulevard
Defiant Success – William Holden’s Oscar Nominations
A Shroud of Thoughts– Network
In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood – Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Simoa Writes – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Moon in Gemini – I Love Lucy
The Flapper Dame – Sabrina
The Cinematic Frontier – The Wild Bunch
Pop Culture Pundit – Picnic
Back to Golden Days – Stalag 17
Cinema Cities – Born Yesterday
Wolffian Classics Movies Digest – Golden Boy
Pop Culture Reverie – Texas
Old Hollywood Films – The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Critica Retro – Forever Female
Flickin’ Out – William Holden’s Final Years
Crimson Kimono – Holden in the Orient
Serendipitous Anachronism – Damien: Omen II
LA Explorer – Union Station
Thoughts All Sorts – The Revengers
Movie Classics – Our Town
Silver Scenes – Dear Ruth
The Girl with the White Parasol – The Counterfeit Traitor
Cinema Crossroads – The Moon is Blue
Flickers in Time – The Proud and the Profane
Meredy.com Classic Movies/TV/Celebrities – Apartment for Peggy
DavidAConrad.com – The Key
CineMaven’s Essays from the Couch – Meet the Stewarts
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Let’s make William Holden proud of us! 😀
I’d like to write on The Turning Point or Union Station. If you prefer, I can do “Holden and Noir” generally. (I’d rather write on Born Yesterday, but it doesn’t suit my noir blog.)
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Hum has you wish! Just let me know your final decision. 🙂
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I was thinking I could wait and see if anyone had their heart set on a specific film. I just need to do something noir. 🙂
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ok good! Just let me know when you’re ready 🙂
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Put me down for an overview of Holden in noir, and then if there’s a specific film from his noir work that you want covered, I can narrow my focus, ok? 🙂
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Alright!
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With many apologies, I have to withdraw to meet a work-related deadline. Just don’t have time to rewatch the films and develop the topic.
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No problem! Thanks for telling me 🙂
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Ooh, decisions, decisions…I think I’ll write about his Oscar nominated performances in <i.Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17 and Network. (Just for some variety.)
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Goodos! All his nomination? Do you include the one he won (Stalag 17)?
And thanks for your interest! 🙂
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Yes, ma’am.
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Sign me up! I’d like to review Sunset Blvd if it’s ok with you.
My blog is Ramblings of a Cinephile
http://ramblingsofacinephile.com/
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That’s a great choice! And it’s my favourite Bill Holden’s film! 🙂 Thanks for your participation!
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Thanks for organising it!
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I’d really like to do Network, but it looks like it is already taken. 😦
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It’s not! Well, Anna write about his Oscar nomination in general, but if you want to write about Network, that’s not a problem for me! 😀
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I LOVE William Holden! I completely agree with you; his smile was absolutely irresistible.
Could I please write about “Stalag 17” (1953)?
-Cátia. xo
Back to Golden Days (http://back-to-golden-days.blogspot.pt/)
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I can pick up Sabrina for Old Hollywood Films if nobody’s nabbed it yet.
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Amanda, I completely forgot to answer you! Actually Sabrina has already been take by The Flapper Dame. Sorry for the late reply, I probably didn’t see your comment.
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No problem. I’ll take The Bridges of Toko-Ri if it’s still available.
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Sure! 🙂
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My first preference would have been “Sunset Boulevard”. That’s the one that I would really like to do, but it’s already been claimed.
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Nice idea! I’ll take Paris When It Sizzles, a film many hate but I rather enjoy. Love the banners, by the way!
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Thanks 🙂
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Ok Virginie. I’ll do “The Towering Inferno” so put me down for that.
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Can I write about his appearance on I Love Lucy?
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Sure! It’s my favourite I Love Lucy’s episode 🙂
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Hey! I’d like to take on The Wild Bunch if it’s still available.
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Of course it is! The Wild Bunch for you! 🙂
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Thanks!
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One of the greats!! Can I do “Picnic” please?
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Sure! I must admit I still have to see this one! :O Welcome to the blogathon!
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I’m not sure if my comment went through or not, but I’ll take Paris When It Sizzles, please!
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Sure! Thanks for your participation 🙂
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I’m not sure if you saw my previous comment or not, but I’d like to write about “Stalag 17” (1953), if that’s okay.
-Cátia. xo
Back to Golden Days (http://back-to-golden-days.blogspot.pt/)
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Sure! Great choice!
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William Holden is one of my favorite actors, so I’m looking forward to this blogathon! I’d love to write about Born Yesterday. 🙂
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Sure Keisha! 🙂
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WILLIAM HOLDEN golden boy tribute. a tribute to him with reviews of Golden Boy-The Country Girl-Sabrina-Our Town-Born Yesterday,a tribute set of those in one tribute article to him if okay.
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Joseph, as I don’t allow duplicates, I’ll prefer if you’ll pick one or two of these choices. Sabrina and Born Yesterday had already been picked
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Golden Boy review fine?
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That’s fine with me!
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Hi, Virginie! I finally chose the movie I want to review: Forever Female!
Kisses!
Le
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Oh wow I never heard about this one! 🙂 I can’t wait to read your review!
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Hi Virginie! My post will actually be up on simoa-writes.blogspot.com. Sorry for any inconvenience!
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no problem!
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Can you just remind me what was your other blog (and topic) so I could identify you?
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Yes, sorry about that. My other blog was The Ellie Badge, and I’m writing about The Bridge on the River Kwai.
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Thanks 🙂
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I’d love to take part. I’m torn between William Holden in his later years and William Holden and Billy Wilder. Thoughts?
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hum, both subjects seems interesting!
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I’m going to do William Holden’s final years focusing on the films Breezy, The Towering Inferno, Damien: The Omen II, The Earthling, and S.O.B. Films that don’t really get as much love but really showcase how in his later years he was still taking risks. 🙂
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Great! I love Breezy!
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Hi, Old Hollywood Films linked here. Sounds great. I’d like to try Holden in the Orient. Dan from Crimson Kimono. http://crimsonkimono.com
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Interesting subject! Welcome!
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Hi Virginie- You had me a William Holden. Can I take Damien: Omen II (1978)?
Summer
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Sure! Welcome to the blogathon 🙂
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I’d like to write about Union Station for LA Explorer (http://la-explorer.com). Thanks!
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Sure! 🙂 Thanks for your participation!
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Could I please cover “The Revengers”?
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Sure, I’ll add you to the list! 😀
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Whoohoo! Thanks so much!
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[…] See you in April for the Golden Boy Blogathon! […]
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Hi Virginie, can I do Our Town on my blog, Movie Classics? Looking forward to it.
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Of course! 🙂
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Oh, I can’t resist a blogathon about the golden boy himself! Could you put me down for “Dear Ruth”…he was such a sweetheart in that picture. – Constance ( Silver Scenes ) silverscenesblog.blogspot.com
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Oh I love this film, it’s so funny! 😀 I was waiting for someone to pick it! Great choice!
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Hi, Virginie. I’d like to do a post on “The Counterfeit Traitor” if no one’s taken it. My blog is The Girl with the White Parasol at http://thegirlwiththewhiteparasol.blogspot.com/.
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Sure! 🙂
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Hi, Virginie! If it’s not too late to join, I’d like to write about The Moon is Blue. http://cinemacrossroads.wordpress.com
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If you can use something I’ve already written I have a review of Love Is a Many Splendored Thing I could contribute. Otherwise, I have The Proud and the Profane coming up for 1956 that I could post during the days of the blogathon.
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Actually I’ll prefer new stuff, so maybe the second option could be better
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I’ll do The Proud and The Profane then. It’s a completely unknown quantity for me. With Deborah Kerr and William Holden I suppose I can’t go terribly wrong.
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Ok I’ll add you to the list!
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Hi, Virginie! Would it be ok with you if I write about Apartment for Peggy? Best to you and thanks for hosting! Meredy of Meredy.com – http://mrsskeffington.blogspot.com/
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Sure! 🙂 Thanks for participating!
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Hi, Virginie! I’m sorry to do this last minute, but I’m going to have to bow out. I have a mountain of schoolwork to do for the end of the semester along with my job, so I just don’t have the time to finish my post for your blogathon, especially to do the review of Paris When It Sizzles the way I wanted to. I’ll still read all the other wonderful entries as soon as I can, though! Désolée!
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It’s ok, I understand! I myself have a ton of things to do for school, so I don’t think I’ll have time to read the entries before Saturday! Thanks for telling me
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Hi Virginie. Would it be ok if I back out of the blogathon? I really don’t know what to write about as the films that I would of chose are taken. I also have two assignments to do for my Diploma in Journalism this weekend and even if I wrote about his life, my mind would be constantly focusing on the assignment. In addition to that I’m required to write articles for the website this weekend too as I found out today. I’m sorry as I would like to participate, but my mind is very preoccupied with these other things. I’ll make up for it with the Ingrid Bergman blogathon and I’ll do three entries for that. I feel bad having to just bow out like that.
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[…] This post is part of a William Holden blogathon hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema. See the full list of participating blogs at https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/announcement-the-golden-boy-blogathon/ […]
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Hi, Virginie!
My blogathon post is live! The Golden Boy Blogathon – A William Holden Celebration – Apartment for Peggy (1948) – http://bit.ly/wmholden
Will be tweeting and posting about it on Facebook. 🙂
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Bonjour. My post on Holden in the Orient is up and running. Thank you again for hosting! http://crimsonkimono.com/2016/our-man-in-the-orientwilliam-holden/
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My post on The Bridges at Toko-Ri for Old Hollywood Films is ready to go
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2016/04/the-bridges-at-toko-ri.html
Thanks for hosting!
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I just wanted to let you know that I probably will not get my article on Bill in Dear Ruth done until tomorrow morning/afternoon. In the mean time I found a movie magazine article that I reposted earlier entitled William Holden – Golden Boy ( from 1939 ) if you want to add it to the blogathon just for reader’s interest:
http://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/william-holden-golden-boy.html
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That’s ok, mine probably won’t be published until tomorrow either 🙂
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I had planned to do Omen II, or Our Town, or Sabrina, or Golden Boy. Even The Wild Bunch! What can I do? Duplicate? 🙂
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I’m sorry all those have already been taken and I don’t allo duplicates
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[…] in several unforgettable performances. As today is his birthday, I thought I’d take part in The Golden Boy Blogathon and pay tribute to one of his great roles – Lt. William Calhoun in Union […]
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Here’s my post: http://la-explorer.com/spotlight-william-holden-union-station/
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thanks! 🙂
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