Sunset Boulevard (1950)




Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard

Gloria Swanson, William Holden - Sunset Boulevard

Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard


Nancy Olson, William Holden - Sunset Boulevard




A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.



Books with substantial mentioning of Sunset Boulevard

David Thomson
Moments that made the movies
London, 2014

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

Jürgen Müller
Movies of the 40s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Roger Ebert
The Great Movies
2003

Nora Henry
Ethics and Social Criticism in the Hollywood Films of Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder
Wetport, Connecticut - London, 2001

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Neil Sinyard
Classic Movies
London, 1993

Jim Kline
The Complete Films of Buster Keaton
Secaucus, N.J., 1993

Amy Lawrence
Echo and Narcissus, Women's Voices in Classical Hollywood Cinema
Berkeley - Los Angeles - Oxford, 1991

Danny Peary
Cult Movies, The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful
New York, 1989

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of Gloria Swanson
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1984

Douglas Brode
The Films of the Fifties
Secaucus, NJ, 1976

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of William Holden
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973

Books with an entry on Sunset Boulevard

Michael F. Keaney
Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003

Articles with substantial mentioning of Sunset Boulevard

Robert Porfirio, Billy Wilder (1906- ), in: Robert Porfirio, Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.), Film noir reader 3, New York, 2002

James Ursini, John F. Seitz (1892-1979), in: Robert Porfirio, Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.), Film noir reader 3, New York, 2002

Articles with an entry on Sunset Boulevard

John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49

Reviews

Colin Kennedy, Sunset Boulevard, in: Empire, nr. 167, 2003 pp. 144-145 (DVD review)

Nick de Semlyen, Sunset Boulevard, in: Empire, nr. 286 (April), 2013 pp. 138 (DVD review)