• 1950

  Release Date

• August 10th, 1950

• Runtime

• 110 minutes

• Synopsis

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

• CAST

• William Holden - Joe Gillis,   Gloria Swanson - Norma Desmond,   Erich von Stroheim - Max von Mayerling,   Nancy Olson - Betty Schaefer,   Fred Clark - Sheldrake,   Lloyd Gough - Morino,   Jack Webb - Artie Green,   Franklyn Farnum - Undertaker,   Larry J. Blake - 1st Finance Man,   Charles Dayton - 2nd Finance Man,   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,   Fred Aldrich - Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited),   Joel Allen - Prop Man #2 (uncredited),   Gertrude Astor - Courtier (uncredited),   Anne Bauchens - Editor (uncredited),   Edward Biby - Restaurant Patron (uncredited),   Danny Borzage - Accordionist (uncredited),   Ken Christy - Homicide Captain (uncredited),   Ruth Clifford - Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited),   John Cortay - Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited),   Archie R. Dalzell - Camera Operator (uncredited),   Eddie Dew - Assistant Coroner (uncredited),   Julia Faye - Hisham (uncredited),   Al Ferguson - Phone Standby (uncredited),   Gerry Ganzer - Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited),   Rudy Germane - Detective (uncredited),   Kenneth Gibson - Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited),   Creighton Hale - Creighton Hale (uncredited),   Chuck Hamilton - Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited),   Len Hendry - Police Sergeant (uncredited),   E. Mason Hopper - Doctor (uncredited),   Stan Johnson - First Assistant Director (uncredited),   Tiny Jones - Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited),   Howard Joslin - Police Lieutenant (uncredited),   Arthur Lane - Camera Operator (uncredited),   Perc Launders - Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited),   William Meader - Party Guest (uncredited),   Gertrude Messinger - Hairdresser (uncredited),   Harold Miller - Man on Golf Course (uncredited),   Howard Negley - Police Captain (uncredited),   John 'Skins' Miller - Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited),   Lee Miller - Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited),   Ralph Montgomery - Prop Man #1 (uncredited),   Bert Moorhouse - Gordon Cole (uncredited),   Jay Morley - Fat Man (uncredited),   Eva Novak - Courtier (uncredited),   Frank O'Connor - Courtier (uncredited),   Robert Emmett O'Connor - Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited),   Jack Perrin - Detective (uncredited),   Sidney Skolsky - Sidney Skolsky (uncredited),   Emmett Smith - Black Man (uncredited),   Archie Twitchell - Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited),   Yvette Vickers - Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited),   Henry Wilcoxon - Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited),   James Hawley - Camera Assistant (uncredited),   Bernice Mosk - Bernice (uncredited),   Virginia L. Randolph - Courtier (uncredited),   Bill Sheehan - Second Assistant Director (uncredited),   Roy Thompson - Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited),   Jack Warden - Party Guest (uncredited),   Finn Zirzow - Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)     

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