Close-up on Sunset Boulevard : Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the dark Hollywood dream | WorldCat.org

A la recherche de Norma Desmond

When queens collide

The happiest couple in Hollywood

Chaz

Who is Gloria Swanson

"The cameras have arrived"

The bedroom of Norma Desmond

That's why the lady has a chimp

"Ten thousand midnights ago"

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up"

Chiffon, velvet, chinchilla, tulle, brocade, taffeta, ermine, and leopard-printed crêpe

If it's a Paramount Picture, it's the best show in town

Fiasco

The whole audience stood up and cheered

And the winner isn't Gloria Swanson

Boulevard

"Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead"

Popcorn in Beverly Hills with Nancy

"Buttons and bows"

Men in uniform

"We'll make another picture, and another picture"

Sunset cul-de-sac

Life upon the wicked stage

Fifteen minutes of close-ups

A dethroned queen

If they put all the Norma Desmonds on an island, which one would survive

Billy Wilder from noir to blackout

Lux perpetua