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