Editing William Holden (section)

===Post war===
Holden's first film back from the services was ''[[Blaze of Noon]]'' (1947), an aviator picture at Paramount directed by [[John Farrow]]. He followed it with a romantic comedy, ''[[Dear Ruth (film)|Dear Ruth]]'' (1947) and he was one of many cameos in ''[[Variety Girl (film)|Variety Girl]]'' (1947).<ref name="uni">Richard B. Jewell, ''Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures'', Uni of California, 2016</ref> RKO borrowed him for ''[[Rachel and the Stranger]]'' (1948) with [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[Loretta Young]]. Holden starred in the [[20th Century Fox]] film ''[[Apartment for Peggy]]'' (1948). At Columbia, he starred in film noirs, ''[[The Dark Past]]'' (1948), ''[[The Man from Colorado]]'' (1949) and ''[[Father Is a Bachelor]]'' (1950). At Paramount, he did another Western, ''[[Streets of Laredo (film)|Streets of Laredo]]'' (1949). Columbia teamed him with [[Lucille Ball]] for ''[[Miss Grant Takes Richmond]]'' (1949), and the sequel to ''Dear Ruth'', ''[[Dear Wife]]'' (1949).