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