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William Holden’s alcohol battles and Oscar pursuit detailed
In a resumed excerpt from Golden Boy, Bob Thomas narrates Holden’s cycles of drinking, hospital stays, and late career ambitions. The piece covers Holden’s war memories, his relationship with Ryan O’Neal during The Wild Rovers, and the 1970s shift to Network where his on screen rivalry with Peter Finch shaped the Oscar outcome.
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Golden Boy
William Holden
Bob Thomas
Holden
Blake Edwards
Arizona
Utah
Ryan O'Neal
O'Neal
O’neal
Wild Rovers
Bill
Audrey Hepburn
Phyllis Seaton
George Seaton
Bill Holden
la Costa Resort
California
John Belushi
National Lampoon
Animal House
Belushi
la Costa
John Landis
William Halden
Landis
Network
Paddy Chayefsky
Sidney Lumet
Max Schumacher
Howard Beale
Chayefsky
Lumet
Beale
Peter Finch
Schumacher
Finch
Walter Cronkite
Howard K. Smith
John Chancellor
NBC
Chancellor
Manhattan
Beverly Hills
Frank Schaap
The
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