Brackett, Charles 1892-1969 Wilder, Billy 1906-2002 Marshman, D. M. 1922- Holden, William 1918-1981 Swanson, Gloria. Von Stroheim, Erich 1885-1957 Olson, Nancy 1928- Clark, Fred 1914-1968 Gough, Lloyd. Webb, Jack 1920-1982 DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount) 1881-1959 Hopper, Hedda 1890-1966 Seitz, John F. d. 1979 Harrison, Doane d. 1968 Schmidt, Arthur. Waxman, Franz 1906-1967 Head, Edith. Paramount Pictures Corporation moving image videorecording Feature films. Feature films-United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. cau Hollywood, Calif Paramount Pictures [2002] 2002 Special collector's ed. monographic eng fre

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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with a young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad, he tries to leave, but Norma kills him in a scene which she believes is the highlight of her comeback movie. MPAA rating: Not rated. general a Paramount Picture ; producer, Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; director, Billy Wilder. Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Special features: Commentary by Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: the life and times of Billy Wilder" ; a 28 min. documentary, Sunset Blvd., a look back (c2002) ; theatrical trailer ; Hollywood location map ; photo galleries ; morgue prologue ; Edith Head - The Paramount Years (featurette) ; The music of Sunset Boulevard (featurette). William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton. DVD, Dolby digital mono, Region 1 encoding. English or French dialogue; Closed-captioned. Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head. Academy Awards, USA, 1951: Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer); Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Franz Waxman); Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.) n-us-ca Actors Drama Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Drama Motion picture industry Drama Actors California Los Angeles Drama CM DVD 00581 791.43/72 0792172868 9780792172864 04927 Paramount Pictures http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?sunset+blvd 097360492743 http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?sunset+blvd HTM 021202 20230410123829.0 38751