Sunset Boulevard (1950) dir. Billy Wilder

First Lieutenant William Holden, 1944

WILLIAM HOLDEN as JOE GILLIS

Sunset Boulevard (1950) - dir. Billy Wilder

WILLIAM HOLDEN in SUNSET BOULEVARD dir. Billy Wilder 

Norma’s friends who come to play bridge with her, described in the script as “the waxworks”, were Swanson’s contemporaries H. B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Buster Keaton, all silent film greats.

Sunset Boulevard (1950) dir. Billy Wilder

The whole place seemed to have been stricken with a kind of creeping paralysis — out of beat with the rest of the world, crumbling apart in slow motion.

Sunset Blvd. (dir. Billy Wilder, 1950)

WILLIAM HOLDEN in STALAG 17 dir. Billy Wilder