
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Title | Sunset Boulevard |
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Release Date | Aug 10, 1950 |
Genres | Drama, |
Production Company | Paramount Pictures |
Production Countries | United States of America |
Casts | William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Franklyn Farnum, Larry J. Blake, Charles Dayton, Cecil B. DeMille |
Plot Keywords | new year's eve, jealousy, loss of sense of reality, screenwriter, butler, delusion, diva, film noir, hollywood, los angeles, california, black and white, madness, aging actor, has been, silent film star, grandiose behavior, kept man, movie studio, bitter, |

Joe Gillis
William Holden

Norma Desmond
Gloria Swanson

Max von Mayerling
Erich von Stroheim

Betty Schaefer
Nancy Olson

Sheldrake
Fred Clark

Morino
Lloyd Gough

Artie Green
Jack Webb

Undertaker
Franklyn Farnum

1st Finance Man
Larry J. Blake

2nd Finance Man
Charles Dayton

Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson

H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner

Ray Evans
Ray Evans

Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston

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

Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Joel Allen

Courtier (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor

Editor (uncredited)
Anne Bauchens

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Edward Biby

Accordionist (uncredited)
Danny Borzage

Homicide Captain (uncredited)
Ken Christy

Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford

Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
John Cortay

Camera Operator (uncredited)
Archie R. Dalzell

Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Eddie Dew

Hisham (uncredited)
Julia Faye

Phone Standby (uncredited)
Al Ferguson

Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer

Detective (uncredited)
Rudy Germane

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson

Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Creighton Hale

Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton

Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Len Hendry

Doctor (uncredited)
E. Mason Hopper

First Assistant Director (uncredited)
Stan Johnson

Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
Tiny Jones

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Howard Joslin

Camera Operator (uncredited)
Arthur Lane

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

Party Guest (uncredited)
William Meader

Hairdresser (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger

Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Harold Miller

Police Captain (uncredited)
Howard Negley

Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller

Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Lee Miller

Prop Man #1 (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery

Gordon Cole (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse

Fat Man (uncredited)
Jay Morley

Courtier (uncredited)
Eva Novak

Courtier (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor

Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor

Detective (uncredited)
Jack Perrin

Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
Sidney Skolsky

Black Man (uncredited)
Emmett Smith

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell

Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers

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

Camera Assistant (uncredited)
James Hawley

Bernice (uncredited)
Bernice Mosk

Courtier (uncredited)
Virginia L. Randolph

Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan

Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Roy Thompson

Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Warden

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








































































































