Same Old Hollywood
Holden was born in 1918, Novak in 1933, and Betty Fields in 1913. Even though Holden was a wonderful actor (and I think a pretty good guy despite his problems with alcohol), he was a little too old to play the post grad age his character was supposed to be. And Betty was a better age match for him. Novak does look incredible, though. I think she confounded Old Hollywood because she only let them push her around to a certain point and then stood up for herself, even walking away when she found their nonsense to be too much. She completely blew the old adage "dumb blonde" out of the water.
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