I remember hearing somewhere that it had something to do with the time Salinger spent on a cruise ship as organiser of entertainments ... a friend of his was named Holden something, and that particular summer he had a crush on the actress Joan Caulfield ... so maybe we're half right. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest > Actually, I think that was exactly what some critic figured out..cept > holdie was around before the movie! will(y) > > On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Camille Scaysbrook wrote: > > > Another creepy Salinger and movies thing ... right now as I write there is > > a movie on TV called `Dear Wife' .... starring William Holden and Joan > > Caulfield. Wouldn't our little phony basher hate to know the irony of being > > named after two movie stars?!