Drama
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Jack Warden
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Holden
Joe Gillis
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Gertrude Astor
Courtier (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Jack Webb
Artie Green
Jack Perrin
Detective (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers
Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Lloyd Gough
Morino
Eddie Dew
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Undertaker
Fred Clark
Sheldrake
Chuck Hamilton
Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Hisham (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtier (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Howard Negley
Police Captain (uncredited)
Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling
Archie Twitchell
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jay Morley
Fat Man (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Phone Standby (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
Larry J. Blake
1st Finance Man
Frank O'Connor
Courtier (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer
Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
John "Skins" Miller
Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
Charles Dayton
2nd Finance Man
Ray Evans
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston
Joel Allen
Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Accordionist (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Homicide Captain (uncredited)
John Cortay
Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Detective (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
First Assistant Director (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
Arthur Lane
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
William Meader
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Prop Man #1 (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Gordon Cole (uncredited)
Sidney Skolsky
Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
Emmett Smith
Black Man (uncredited)
Edward Wahrman
Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Peter Drynan
Tailor (uncredited)
Sanford E. Greenwald
Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
Alan Marston
Reporter (uncredited)
Virginia L. Randolph
Courtier (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan
Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Roy Thompson
Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Finn Zirzow
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)

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