Sunset Blvd. (1950)
110 min - Drama | Film-Noir - 25 August 1950 (Australia)A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, 1 more credit »
Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim | See full cast and crew »
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 alfiehitchiePlot Summary | Plot Synopsis