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A Hollywood Story.
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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William Holden
Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling
Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark
Sheldrake
Lloyd Gough
Morino
Jack Webb
Artie Green
Franklyn Farnum
Undertaker
Larry J. Blake
1st Finance Man
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Fred Aldrich
Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtier (uncredited)
Anne Bauchens
Editor (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Hisham (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Phone Standby (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer
Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
E. Mason Hopper
Doctor (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Police Captain (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Jay Morley
Fat Man (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtier (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Courtier (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Detective (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers
Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
Jack Warden
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Billy Wilder
Director
Gerd Oswald
Second Assistant Director
Charles Brackett
Producer
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Charles Brackett
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