The original production was famous for the lavish excess of its set and costumes ... Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard drew resonance from the real-life stardom of its Norma, Gloria Swanson, this ...

With its scathing take on Hollywood mores and a comeback performance from silent-era silver screen star Gloria ... Sunset Boulevard mansion, owned by delusional former star Norma Desmond (Swanson ...

Jeffrey Schwarz uncovers other hidden gay lives in Hollywood via Gloria Swanson’s desire to turn ’Sunset Blvd’ into a musical Schwarz really wants to tell the story of a gay life hiding in ...

In Sunset Boulevard, the last shot of all is a massive close-up of the almond-shaped eyes, the squared mouth and the shining teeth of Gloria Swanson. The man who invented the close-up was David ...