A William Holden Group of Set Stills from His Films

A William Holden Group of Set Stills from His Films Including Those Were the Days!, I Wanted Wings, The Remarkable Andrew, Dear Ruth, Dear Wife, The Fleet's In, Young and Willing, Blaze of Noon, Streets of Laredo, Union Station, Submarine Command, The Turning Point, Stalag 17, Forever Female, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, and The Proud and Profane. Please note that there may be some duplication of photographs in each film folder. Those Were the Days! (aka At Good Old Siwash) (Paramount Pictures, 1940). Starring William Holden. Director Theodore Reed. Approximately 70 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., almost all with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, many with 'Set Dressing (36)' stamped to verso, 2 featuring William Holden. I Wanted Wings (Paramount Pictures, 1941). Starring William Holden. Director Mitchell Leisen. Approximately 140 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., some with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, many with 'Interior Decorating (36)' stamped to verso. The Remarkable Andrew (Paramount Pictures, 1942). Starring William Holden. Director Stuart Heisler. Approximately 100 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., some with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, many stamped 'Interior Decorating (36)' to verso, one featuring William Holden. The Fleet's In (Paramount Pictures, 1942). Starring William Holden. Director Victor Schertzinger. Approximately 70 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., some with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, many stamped 'Interior Decorating (36)' to verso. Young and Willing (aka Out of the Frying Pan) (Paramount Pictures, 1943). Starring William Holden. Director Edward H. Griffith. Approximately 110 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., many with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, some with 'Interior Decorating (36)' stamped to verso, one featuring Susan Hayward and Eddie Bracken. Blaze of Noon (Paramount Pictures, 1947). Starring William Holden. Director John Farrow. Approximately 120 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., almost all with descriptions in upper border handwritten in ink, some with 'Interior Decorating (36)' stamped to verso, one featuring Anne Baxter in a bed and William Bendix in a bathtub! Together with 9 smaller photos, 4 x 5 in. Dear Ruth (aka Dear Ruth Russell) (Paramount Pictures, 1947). Starring William Holden. Director William D. Russell. Approximately 40 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., almost all with descriptions in upper border handwritten in ink, some date stamped (Aug.-Sept. 1946) and with 'Interior Decorating (36)' stamped to verso, 2 featuring William Holden and one featuring Holden and Joan Caulfield. Together with 12 smaller photos, 4 x 5 in. Dear Wife (Paramount Pictures, 1949). Starring William Holden. Director Richard Haydn. Approximately 80 silver gelatin photographs, 4 x 5 in., almost all with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, one date stamped (Jan. 1949), some with 'Interior Decorating (36)' stamped to verso, one featuring William Holden, 3 featuring Joan Caulfield, one featuring Edward Arnold, and one featuring Billy De Wolfe. Streets of Laredo (Paramount Pictures, 1949). Starring William Holden. Director Leslie Fenton. Approximately 150 silver gelatin photographs, 4 x 5 in., almost all with descriptions in upper border handwritten in ink, some with 'Interior Decorating (36)' stamped to verso, 2 featuring William Holden. Together with 3 larger photos, 8 x 10 in. Union Station (Paramount Pictures, 1950). Starring William Holden. Director Rudolph Mate. Approximately 120 silver gelatin photographs, 4 x 5 in., many with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, some date stamped (Feb.-March 1950), some with 'Interior Decorating' stamped to verso, 2 featuring William Holden, 2 featuring Nancy Olson, and one featuring director Rudy Mate. Submarine Command (aka Submarine Story) (Paramount Pictures, 1951). Starring William Holden. Director John Farrow. Approximately 75 silver gelatin photographs, 4 x 5 in., most with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, some date stamped (Jan.-Feb. 1951) and with 'Interior Decorating' stamped to verso, 4 featuring William Holden. The Turning Point (aka Dynamite) (Paramount Pictures, 1952). Starring William Holden. Director William Dieterle. Approximately 115 silver gelatin photographs, 4 x 5 in., most with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, some date stamped (Oct.-Nov. 1951) and some with 'Interior Decorating' stamped to verso, 2 featuring William Holden. Stalag 17 (Paramount Pictures, 1953). Starring William Holden. Director Billy Wilder. Approximately 90 silver gelatin photographs, 4 x 5 in., most with location descriptions handwritten in ink to border, some date stamped (Feb.-March 1952) and some with 'Interior Decorating' stamped to verso, one featuring William Holden and one featuring Holden with director Billy Wilder. Together with approximately 85 larger photos, 8 x 10 in., one featuring director Billy Wilder. Forever Female (aka Reaching for the Stars) (Paramount Pictures, 1953). Starring William Holden, Ginger Rogers. Directed by Irving Rapper. Approximately 80 silver gelatin photographs, 4 x 5 in., some date stamped (Oct.-Nov. 1952) and with 'Interior Decorating' stamped to verso, several featuring William Holden and one featuring Ginger Rogers. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Paramount Pictures, 1954). Starring William Holden, Grace Kelly. Directed by Mark Robson. Approximately 160 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., some date stamped (Jan.-Feb. 1954) and some with 'Script' stamped to verso, one featuring Mickey Rooney and one featuring Earl Holliman. Together with 14 smaller photos, 4 x 5 in. The Proud and Profane (Paramount Pictures, 1956). Starring Deborah Kerr, William Holden. Director George Seaton. Approximately 60 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in. Together with 14 smaller photos, 4 x 5 in., many 3-hole punched at upper border, many date stamped (Aug-Sept. 1955) and stamped 'Script' or 'Art Dept.' to verso, one photo featuring William Holden. William Holden's career at Paramount elevated him from a handsome young actor in lightweight films to an Academy Award-winning leading man. Though he showed comedic talent in films such as Dear Ruth (1947), by 1950 he was under the direction of Billy Wilder in Sunset Boulevard in the role of a lifetime. He truly hit his stride in the 1950s. Wilder again directed him in Stalag 17 (1953), for which he won the Best Actor Oscar. Later in his career, Holden would say that only one out of five films that he made were a pleasant experience, and in only one out of ten films did he feel any real sense of accomplishment. The directors who chose him for their films and the audiences who flocked to see them would disagree with that assessment of his achievements. 8 x 10 in. or smaller Footnotes: The collection of Paramount Pictures set stills that is being offered in this auction is an extraordinary historical archive from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. Sets stills were taken for continuity purposes and to document the arrangements of the sets and props, etc, during the making of a film. Not only does this collection photographically document the changes in filmmaking through the decades, it details the changing For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing