Drama
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Lee Miller
Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Jack Warden
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Holden
Joe Gillis
Yvette Vickers
Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer
Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Jack Webb
Artie Green
Fred Aldrich
Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Harold Miller
Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Undertaker
Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling
Larry J. Blake
1st Finance Man
Fred Clark
Sheldrake
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Julia Faye
Hisham (uncredited)
Lloyd Gough
Morino
Eva Novak
Courtier (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtier (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Courtier (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Detective (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Gordon Cole (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Police Captain (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Phone Standby (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
Jay Morley
Fat Man (uncredited)
Charles Dayton
2nd Finance Man
Ray Evans
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston
Joel Allen
Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Restaurant Patron (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)
Chuck Hamilton
Grip on DeMille Set (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)
Sidney Skolsky
Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
Emmett Smith
Black Man (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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