Sunset Blvd.

1950, Movie, NR, 110 mins

Year: 1950
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 110
Format: Black & White
Genre(s): Drama
Production Co(s).: Paramount
Released By: Paramount

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (B/W)
Academy Award Winner: Best Score (Drama or Comedy) - Franz Waxman
Academy Award Winner: Best Story and Screenplay - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actor - William Holden
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actor - Erich Von Stroheim
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actress - Gloria Swanson
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actress - Nancy Olson
Academy Award Nominee: Best Director - Billy Wilder
Academy Award Nominee: Best B/W Cinematography - John F. Seitz
Academy Award Nominee: Best Film Editing - Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison

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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
Cecil B. DeMille: Himself
Hedda Hopper: Herself
Buster Keaton: Himself
Anna Q. Nilsson: Herself
H.B. Warner: Himself
Sidney Skolsky: Himself
Ray Evans: Himself
Jay Livingston: Himself
Bernice Mosk: Herself
Franklyn Farnum: Undertaker
Larry Blake: Finance Man
Charles Dayton: Finance Man
Eddie Dew: Assistant Coroner
Roy Thompson: Shoeshine Boy
Archie Twitchell
Kenneth Gibson: Salesman
Peter Drynan: Tailor
Ruth Clifford: Sheldrake's Secretary
Bert Moorhouse: Gordon Cole
E. Mason Hopper: Doctor/Courtier
Yvette Vickers: Girl on Telephone
Virginia Randolph: Courtier
Gertrude Astor: Courtier
Frank O'Connor: Courtier
Eva Novak: Courtier
Al Ferguson: Phone Standby
Stan Johnson: 1st Assistant Director
Bill Sheehan: 2nd Assistant Director
Julia Faye: Hisham
Ralph Montgomery
Joel Allen: Prop Men
Gertrude Messinger: Hair Dresser
John "Skins" Miller: Hog Eye
John Cortay: Young Policeman
Robert Emmett O'Connor: Jonesy
Gerry Ganzer: Connie
Tommy Ivo: Boy
Emmett Smith: Man
Ottola Nesmith: Woman
Jay Morley: Fat Man
Howard Negley: Captain of Police
Ken Christy: Captain of Homicide
Len Hendry: Police Sergeant
Arthur Lane: Camera Operator
Archie R. Dalzell: Camera Operator
James Hawley: Camera Assistant
Edward Wahrman: Camera Assistant
Sanford E. Greenwald: Newsreel Cameraman
Howard Joslin: Police Lieutenant

Credits
Billy Wilder: Director
Charles Brackett: Writer
D.M. Marshman Jr.: Writer - based on the story "A Can of Beans" by Brackett, Wilder
Billy Wilder: Writer
Charles Brackett: Source
Billy Wilder: Source
Charles Brackett: Producer
John Seitz: Cinematographer
Doane Harrison: Editor
Arthur Schmidt: Editor
Richard Strauss: Musical Composer
Franz Waxman: Musical Composer
Hans Dreier: Art Director
John Meehan: Art Director
Sam Comer: Set Decorator
Ray Moyer: Set Decorator
Edith Head: Costumes
Farciot Edouart: Special Effects
Gordon Jennings: Special Effects
Carl Silvera: Make Up
Wally Westmore: Make Up
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