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Sunset Blvd. (1950)
8.7
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Director:Billy Wilder |
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Cast
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| Gloria Swanson | ... | ||
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Lloyd Gough | ... | |
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Franklyn Farnum | ... | |
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Larry J. Blake | ... |
1st Finance Man
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Charles Dayton | ... |
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| Cecil B. DeMille | ... |
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| Hedda Hopper | ... |
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| Buster Keaton | ... |
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Anna Q. Nilsson | ... |
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H.B. Warner | ... |
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Storyline
The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness. Written by alfiehitchie
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This is it .. the most compelling dramatic story ever unfolded on the screen .. a tale of heartache and tragedy ..love and ambition .. told against the fabulous background of Hollywood. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Sunset Boulevard See more »Filming Locations:
Alto-Nido Apartments -1851 N. Ivar Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,752,000 (estimated)Gross:
$5,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 1960)Company Credits
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| Argentina: | West Germany: (cut version)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Joe Gillis: Yes, this is Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California. It's about 5 0'clock in the morning. That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspaper men.
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words "Sunset Blvd." are shown stenciled on the curb of that street. See more »
(1916) (uncredited)
Music by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Tango played by the band on New Year's Eve and danced by William Holden with Gloria Swanson See more »
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Trivia
When filming began, William Holden was 30 and Gloria Swanson was 49; each celebrated a birthday during production. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Wallace Reid died in 1923, three years before Paramount's Marathon Street studio opened, thus he could not have had a bungalow on wheels on the lot as Max had pointed out (unless of course, he was pointing towards Sunset and Vine where Paramount had it's lot at the time of Reid's death). See more »Quotes
[first lines]Joe Gillis: Yes, this is Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California. It's about 5 0'clock in the morning. That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspaper men.
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Crazy Credits
The Paramount logo appears as a transparency over the opening shot. Thewords "Sunset Blvd." are shown stenciled on the curb of that street. See more »
Soundtracks
"La Cumparsita"(1916) (uncredited)
Music by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Tango played by the band on New Year's Eve and danced by William Holden with Gloria Swanson See more »
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