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Although it is thought by some that J. D.

Salinger got the name for Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye when he saw a marquee for Dear Ruth ( 1947 ), starring William Holden and Joan Caulfield, Salinger's first Holden Caulfield story, " I'm Crazy ," appeared in Collier's on December 22, 1945, a year and a half before this movie came out.