Plot
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
Finance Man #1
Charles Dayton
Finance Man #2
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Crew
Billy Wilder
Director
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
D.M. Marshman Jr.
Screenplay
Charles Brackett
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
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