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Stars Gloria Swanson as an aging silent film queen, William Holden as the young screenwriter she loves, and Erich Von Stroheim as the great film director reduced to butler. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Screenwriter Joe Gillis dies at Sunset Boulevard mansion in early 1949. In flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death. Joe is moved into Norma Desmond's mansion at her insistence. Joe finds her script abysmal, but flatters her into hiring him as a script doctor. Norma undergoes rigorous beauty treatments for her imagined comeback.
Screenwriter Joe Gillis dies at Sunset Boulevard mansion in early 1949. In flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death. Joe is moved into Norma Desmond's mansion at her insistence. Joe finds her script abysmal, but flatters her into hiring him as a script doctor. Norma undergoes rigorous beauty treatments for her imagined comeback.
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- Cast
- William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, Erich von Stroheim, Jack Webb
Complete catalog record
SUNSET BOULEVARD. Paramount Pictures Corp., 1950. 110 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. © Paramount Pictures Corp.; 4Aug50; LP260.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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