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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Language
Budget$1,752,000
Revenue $5,000,000
English
Budget$1,752,000
Revenue $5,000,000
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
Casts
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)
Crews
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
D.M. Marshman Jr.
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Director
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
John Meehan
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Charles Brackett
Producer
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Hugh Brown
Production Manager
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Gene Lauritzen
Construction Coordinator
Otto Pierce
Camera Operator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Frank Bracht
Assistant Editor
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Nellie Manley
Hairstylist
Karl Silvera
Makeup Artist
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist
John Cope
Sound Recordist
Jack Colconda
Assistant Property Master
Hazel Hegarty
Wardrobe Master
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Vera Tomei
Hairstylist
Doane Harrison
Supervising Editor
Walter Tayler
Gaffer
Ronnie Lubin
Dialogue Coach
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
Gerd Oswald
Second Assistant Director
Ed Fitzharris
Wardrobe Master
Norris Stensland
Technical Advisor
Glen E. Richardson
Still Photographer
Steve Beers
Head Carpenter
Tom Plews
Props
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects
Frank Thayer
Makeup Artist
Fred True
Grip
Backdrops & Posters
