Sunset Boulevard

Synopsis

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

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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

Franklyn Farnum

Undertaker

Larry J. Blake

Finance Man #1

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Charles Dayton

Finance Man #2

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

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Ray Evans

Ray Evans

Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

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Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston

Fred Aldrich

Cop Dragging Body from Pool (uncredited)

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Joel Allen

Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Courtier (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Hans Dreier Art Direction
• John Meehan Art Direction
• Sam Comer Set Decoration
• Ray Moyer Set Decoration
• Gene Lauritzen Construction Coordinator
• Jack Colconda Assistant Property Master
• Steve Beers Head Carpenter
• Tom Plews Props

Camera

• John F. Seitz Director of Photography
• Otto Pierce Camera Operator
• Glen E. Richardson Still Photographer
• Harlow Stengel Assistant Camera
• Fred True Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Edith Head Costume Design
• Nellie Manley Hairstylist
• Karl Silvera Makeup Artist
• Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
• Frank Thayer Makeup Artist
• Vera Tomei Hairstylist
• Ed Fitzharris Wardrobe Master
• Hazel Hegarty Wardrobe Master

Crew

• Ronnie Lubin Dialogue Coach
• Norris Stensland Technical Advisor

Directing

• Billy Wilder Director
• Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director
• Gerd Oswald Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Arthur P. Schmidt Editor
• Frank Bracht Assistant Editor
• Doane Harrison Supervising Editor

Lighting

• Walter Tayler Gaffer

Production

• Charles Brackett Producer
• Hugh Brown Production Manager

Sound

• Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
• Sidney Cutner Orchestrator
• George Parrish Orchestrator
• Leonid Raab Orchestrator
• Leo Shuken Orchestrator
• Harry Lindgren Sound Recordist
• John Cope Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

• Farciot Edouart Visual Effects
• Gordon Jennings Visual Effects

Writing

• Charles Brackett Screenplay
• Billy Wilder Screenplay
• D.M. Marshman Jr. Screenplay

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