My favorite movie. I have this video and have probably seen this at least 300 times!
@viewdemonde
Күн бұрын
Interesting what Wilder said about narration. One thinks of the effective use of narration in “American Beauty,” for instance.
@SheppardOfHermes
Күн бұрын
Thank you
@markhugo8270
Күн бұрын
Watching this, reminds me that I'm SPOILED! I've seen many of the "best" from the last 80 years of Hollywood, BEFORE IT BECAME HOLLY WEIRD (and stupid). I knew about Gloria Swanson the and failed "epic" (used for the "historical film work" shown in Norma Desmond's showing rooms, from reading a book called "The Kennedy s". I also READ a written version of her "interview comments" about "I am NOT the person in the film! I am NOT a recluse! I have plenty of friends, I'm SEEN around town.." I just LOVED hearing here saying that out of her own mouth. Because of Sunset Blvd I kept an eye out for information about her, and INDEED I found out that she NEVER let the past "control" her in her later life. She was a CHAMPION! And LAST, I love the IRONY of having been a "silent" film star, in THIS FILM she was a "talkie" star, and she (in many ways) could "out act" many of the younger stars of the era! BRAVO GLORIA SWANSON your attitude on life was WONDERFUL!
@marthadoody
Күн бұрын
The first thing I saw Nancy Olson in was "Flubber". She just seems so genuine. I've seen "Sunset Boulevard" twice. What a great movie. Billy Wilder was a genius. I don't think I've ever seen any of his movies that I didn't like. I'm glad William Holden was in it and not Montgomery Clift. Not a fan of his all.
@jeffbassin630
2 күн бұрын
The stories told about the making of this film is utterly fascinating!
@oldfogey4679
3 күн бұрын
Sunset blvd is one of my favs! But didnt this film typecast swansons future work? I know for years she kept saying im not really norma!
@TMendocino
3 күн бұрын
I fell in love with William Holden in this film.
@TMendocino
3 күн бұрын
Donald J Trump is Nora Desmond! GRIN
@jaimejaimeChannel
4 күн бұрын
Nice doc about a FABULOUS fillum.
@cripbabe111
5 күн бұрын
Every single thing about this film is PERFECTION.
@MrCrowebobby
5 күн бұрын
She -- like many of the female silent stars -- was just a teenager when she reached stardom, so decades later they still weren't that old.
@OrangeTabbyCat
5 күн бұрын
Buster Keaton was never and will never be forgotten!
@michaelchristian5089
6 күн бұрын
Gloria had an incredible profile; her nose is perfect!
@michaelchristian5089
6 күн бұрын
Gloria Swanson had a fantastic profile...her nose is perfect!... ...but at the same time; the pouting mouth & the half closed eye lids...she looks like she's impersonating Mae Murray...
@jimmyflanagan5938
6 күн бұрын
Gloria Swanson should have won the oscar that year
@marksamuelsen2750
6 күн бұрын
What was the Conflict about Hedy Lamar in the mid 1970’s??
@marksamuelsen2750
6 күн бұрын
O
@stanmarcusgtv
8 күн бұрын
Wilder tried to recreate some of the magic he had w/ Holden again in a later film somewhat similar to Sunset (dealing w/ a famous aged reclusive star) but not so well received - FEDORA Holden does the same style narration he did in Sunset. Fedora is on youtube
@catherinegearhart2102
11 күн бұрын
Isn’t Gloria Swanson amazing!!!
@Thadmotor1044
11 күн бұрын
My friend judith kee has Gloria Swanson syndrome , lives in the past , thinks she can do now what she did 40 years ago.
@nicholasarcher2492
12 күн бұрын
Music by Franz Waxman.
@user-bf5ik2sq5e
13 күн бұрын
💙🎬
@sandygray3546
13 күн бұрын
Loved this story of the making of the best acted and incredible picture of Sunset Boulevard. Perfection !!!
@charlesheck6812
13 күн бұрын
This is a superb video. Thank you so much for posting this. Doesn’t get much more classic than this… William Holden is always brilliant, but Gloria Swanson I must say even having watched this as a young man was totally freaking hot. Hats off to everybody involved.
@j.c.b6473
14 күн бұрын
Best film ever made. 🖤
@SuperClairezee
14 күн бұрын
This movie is a classic.
@angelabolton4478
14 күн бұрын
Swanson was so ahead of her time. And just so incredibly stylish.
@LosAngelesVideoArt
15 күн бұрын
What a blast. Still a great movie. Wonderful storytelling! 2024!
@bejoyful
17 күн бұрын
Gloria a beautiful, talented, and amazing person
@bluetruck53
17 күн бұрын
This just popped up on my computer this morning. What a fine job of commentary about the actors! And the music in the background. This should be on TV, if not already, for TCM maybe. I'm old now, but always thought that Gillis should have been attracted to a still beautiful Norma. Besides, he had nothing to lose other than his ego or perhaps his conscience.
@lray1948
18 күн бұрын
I remember reading that Gloria Swanson never wanted to play a role as a mother, even mother of a small child. She said it made her feel "old" and unglamorous. It seems like Gloria kind of lived in a dream world of her own just like Norma. Even Garbo played the mother of a child twice--in "Love" and "Anna Karenina." And maybe 3 times. Garbo starred in "Conquest" with Charles Boyer who played Napoleon. Garbo played Napoleon's Polish mistress Marie Walewska and she may have had a child as a result of that. I have never really seen "Conquest". I've just read a little about it.
@robertmusacchio3088
16 күн бұрын
It's a good film for Garbo and more or less historically sound. Boyer is excellent as Napoleon. Walewska followed the Emperor to France after the Retreat from Moscow. I think she saw him once more, in the film it's a very dramatic scene. Maria had a son by Napoleon they named Alexander. I believe they settled in France and never returned to Poland..
@lray1948
18 күн бұрын
Nancy Olson was quite an attractive woman into her middle age years
@paulkennedy927
18 күн бұрын
What an amazing documentary!
@Bobbydawriter
19 күн бұрын
Terrific piece. I’m curious when it was originally produced? (The 2008 stamp in credits in obviously not original).
@charleshammer2928
19 күн бұрын
To give everyone some perspective, Gloria was 5 years younger than Jennifer Aniston is now, when she starred in Sunset Blvd.
@charleshammer2928
19 күн бұрын
To give you some perspective, Gloria was 5 years younger than Jennifer Aniston is now, when she starred in Sunset Blvd.
@richz2608
19 күн бұрын
love the movie,,and Casablanca,,my 2 favs
@leanderrowe2800
19 күн бұрын
Now that they mentioned Montgomery Clift, too bad he turned it down because I also think Montgomery fit the role.
@EricSugaar
21 күн бұрын
It starts with a dead man in a pool narrating. Right from the start you know this not a normal film.
@kennethtyree4770
21 күн бұрын
Libby Holman was Monty's most significant sex and drug buddy.Looks sometimes have a greater impact than size. E&A. The car wreck impacted his looks. Kevin could have prevented it.
@kennethtyree4770
21 күн бұрын
Monty was Wilder's first choice for the role and actually wrote it specifically for him according to Patricia Bosworth. He sent Monty a copy of the script to him on location and he turned it down. He was having a long term torrid affair with Libby Holman since childhood which influenced his decision. Billy was of course upset and disappointed. I saw SB on TV with my older sister in the early '60s Saturday matinee and got obsessed with the story. Back then all of us kids from Ca were obsessed with old Hollywood.
@maxi6542
21 күн бұрын
I’d never heard of Gloria Swanson or this film until I saw a parody of it on the carol Burnett show. Then I watched this film and fell in love with it. Recently I’ve watched Gloria Swanson in her early films. She was the perfect person to play this part. She was Norma Desmond in a way, in all her roles. IMO
@Consrignrant
21 күн бұрын
It was "pure camp ".
@peter455sd
21 күн бұрын
What can a bunch of spectacular actors can do with a great script: Sunset Boulevard
@denisehall4818
21 күн бұрын
One of the greatest motion pictures of all time.
@pussycats456
22 күн бұрын
William Holden was a REAL man. Handsome and strong!
@steveweinstein3222
22 күн бұрын
Billy Wilder is one of the greatest directors of all time. Like All About Eve, made the same year, everyone who was working on Sunset Boulevard had a sense that they weren't only making a hit movie but a work of art. When Swanson asked her good friend George Cukor whether she should play Norma Desmond, he told her, "Of all your films, this is the one you'll be remembered for." Which, of course, is exactly what happened.
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