 William Holden (I) (qv) was considered not to be up to the role in  the film, however Barbara Stanwyck (qv) urged producers to keep  him in the picture, and succeeded. In 1978, at the  _50th Annual Academy Awards, The (1978) (TV)_ (qv), before starting  the presentation of the sound award, William Holden (I) (qv)  publicly thanked Stanwyck for what she did.