"Sunset Boulevard" - "I'm ready for my close-up!": Gloria Swanson
Jan 2, 2022 · Gloria Swanson. One of the most iconic scenes in Film History: Swanson's deluded Norma Desmond descending the "staircase in the palace", assuming she is playing Salome about to dance the...
Sunset Boulevard (film) - Wikipedia
The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her deranged fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen.
SUNSET BOULEVARD | Siskel Film Center
Starring Gloria Swanson as the ravishingly delusional, aging diva Norma Desmond, SUNSET BOULEVARD is a claustrophobic cautionary tale of Hollywood which finds Desmond wasting away in her decaying mansion on the famed street, hanging on …
Sunset Boulevard - Delusional Descent Down Stairs - Genius
This scene, from the very end of the film, sees the delusional Norma Desmond descend the stairs, apparently believing that she is filming a scene for Cecil B. DeMille.
"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) - Final scene - YouTube
In the final scene from "Sunset Boulevard," Gloria Swanson’s character, former silent movie star, Norma Desmond, has become completely unhinged. She thinks ...
FILM : Memory Lane for Swanson - Los Angeles Times
Aug 6, 1992 · The famous last scene in "Sunset Boulevard," when Gloria Swanson moves ethereally, madly down the stairs of her memory-haunted mansion for that final close-up, has always been as eerie to...
SUNSET BOULEVARD | Mr. DeMille, I m Ready for My Close Up - YouTube
Gloria Swanson and William Holden give riveting performances as two of the silver screen’s most memorable characters: the aging silent film queen Norma Desmond and struggling young screenwriter...
The Devil is a Woman: Sunset Boulevard, Norma Desmond, and Actress …
Jan 5, 2011 · Though she owed her post-Sunset Boulevard fame almost exclusively to her characterization of Norma Desmond, Swanson struggled in vain to distance herself from that madwoman on the staircase, that vampiress who withers into dust in the morning’s hot white light.
Sunset Boulevard's Gloria Swanson 'Wasn't Afraid of Anything'
Sep 4, 2022 · In the final scene of Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson, playing delusional has-been Norma Desmond, glides down a grand staircase dressed as Salome. As she pauses to thank the assemblage...
Sunset Boulevard Film Analysis - Medium
Mar 30, 2022 · Gloria Swanson’s performance for the character Norma Desmond exposes the dark side of Hollywood’s star system, exploiting an artist’s skill until seen fit, cutting them loose, and leaving...
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