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Sunset Boulevard

8.3

Released August 10, 1950Runtime 1h 50min

A Hollywood Story.

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,752,000
Revenue: $5,000,000
Profit/Loss: $3,248,000

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Cast

William HoldenJoe Gillis

Gloria SwansonNorma Desmond

Erich von StroheimMax von Mayerling

Nancy OlsonBetty Schaefer

Fred ClarkSheldrake

Lloyd GoughMorino

Jack WebbArtie Green

Franklyn FarnumUndertaker

Larry J. Blake1st Finance Man

Charles Dayton2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMilleCecil B. DeMille

Hedda HopperHedda Hopper

Buster KeatonBuster Keaton

Anna Q. NilssonAnna Q. Nilsson

H.B. WarnerH.B. Warner

Ray EvansRay Evans

Jay LivingstonJay Livingston

Fred AldrichCop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)

Joel AllenProp Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude AstorCourtier (uncredited)

Anne BauchensEditor (uncredited)

Edward BibyRestaurant Patron (uncredited)

Danny BorzageAccordionist (uncredited)

Ken ChristyHomicide Captain (uncredited)

Ruth CliffordSheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

John CortayYoung Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)

Archie R. DalzellCamera Operator (uncredited)

Eddie DewAssistant Coroner (uncredited)

Julia FayeHisham (uncredited)

Al FergusonPhone Standby (uncredited)

Gerry GanzerBetty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)

Rudy GermaneDetective (uncredited)

Kenneth GibsonSalesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Creighton HaleCreighton Hale (uncredited)

Chuck HamiltonGrip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

Len HendryPolice Sergeant (uncredited)

E. Mason HopperDoctor (uncredited)

Stan JohnsonFirst Assistant Director (uncredited)

Tiny JonesLittle Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)

Howard JoslinPolice Lieutenant (uncredited)

Arthur LaneCamera Operator (uncredited)

Perc LaundersViolinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)

William MeaderParty Guest (uncredited)

Gertrude MessingerHairdresser (uncredited)

Harold MillerMan on Golf Course (uncredited)

Howard NegleyPolice Captain (uncredited)

John 'Skins' MillerHog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)

Lee MillerDancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)

Ralph MontgomeryProp Man #1 (uncredited)

Bert MoorhouseGordon Cole (uncredited)

Jay MorleyFat Man (uncredited)

Eva NovakCourtier (uncredited)

Frank O'ConnorCourtier (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'ConnorOlder Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)

Jack PerrinDetective (uncredited)

Sidney SkolskySidney Skolsky (uncredited)

Emmett SmithBlack Man (uncredited)

Archie TwitchellSalesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Yvette VickersGiggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)

Henry WilcoxonActor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)

James HawleyCamera Assistant (uncredited)

Bernice MoskBernice (uncredited)

Virginia L. RandolphCourtier (uncredited)

Bill SheehanSecond Assistant Director (uncredited)

Roy ThompsonRudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

Jack WardenParty Guest (uncredited)

Finn ZirzowActor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)

Crew

Billy WilderDirector

Charles C. ColemanAssistant Director

Gerd OswaldSecond Assistant Director

Billy WilderScreenplay

D.M. Marshman Jr.Screenplay

Charles BrackettScreenplay

Charles BrackettProducer

Hugh BrownProduction Manager

Hans DreierArt Direction

John MeehanArt Direction

Edith HeadCostume Design

Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer

Arthur P. SchmidtEditor

Sam ComerSet Decoration

John F. SeitzDirector of Photography

Ray MoyerSet Decoration

Gene LauritzenConstruction Coordinator

Otto PierceCamera Operator

George ParrishOrchestrator

Frank BrachtAssistant Editor

Leonid RaabOrchestrator

Leo ShukenOrchestrator

Nellie ManleyHairstylist

Karl SilveraMakeup Artist

Farciot EdouartVisual Effects

Sidney CutnerOrchestrator

Harry LindgrenSound Recordist

John CopeSound Recordist

Jack ColcondaAssistant Property Master

Hazel HegartyWardrobe Master

Wally WestmoreMakeup Supervisor

Vera TomeiHairstylist

Doane HarrisonSupervising Editor

Walter TaylerGaffer

Ronnie LubinDialogue Coach

Harlow StengelAssistant Camera

Ed FitzharrisWardrobe Master

Norris StenslandTechnical Advisor

Glen E. RichardsonStill Photographer

Steve BeersHead Carpenter

Tom PlewsProps

Gordon JenningsVisual Effects

Frank ThayerMakeup Artist

Fred TrueGrip

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Reviews

by Andres Gomez

A classic for the must to be seen list. Gloria Swanson is magnificent.

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**One of the great films of Hollywood's golden age.** This movie is really special. Not only does it show us a lot about the world of Hollywood during its golden age, but it also reveals a lot about the actors' egos, vanities and their titanic struggles to preserve their careers and stay in the ...

"Gillis" (William Holden) is a down-at-heel script writer who is struggling to keep his head above water. Not having had any successes for a while, his car is about to be repossessed and his erstwhile boss "Sheldrake" (Fred Clark) has nothing for him. On the run from the pursuing repo men, he turns...

Ace! <em>'Sunset Boulevard'</em> is a splendid flick from 1950. I will note that I found the middle to be ever so slightly less interesting than the beginning and ending, though even so overall I most definitely enjoyed watching it. Love the dialogue, the score is excellent too. William Holden a...

IMHO...This is a straight up Horror film. A demented, faded star of the Silent era takes in a down on his luck writer... and basically keeps him as a boy toy/hostage. She has a creepy attraction to the much younger man. Her house and butler are straight out of Hammer Film. That being said... I...