Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
William Holden appears as the mystery guest on What’s My Line? The host is John Daly and the panelists are Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Robert Q. Lewis. This episode was originally telecast by CBS on September 23, 1956:
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“Holden has turned down Toulouse shedding light as he goes. An aura of heightened reality moves with him and all who fall within it feel it. Now everyone is aware of him. He creates a regular eddy among the tourists and the barkeeps and B-girls who come running to the doors of the joints.”
Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
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