Sunset Blvd Movie Cast. Sunset boulevard is a musical with music by andrew lloyd webber, and lyrics and book by don black and christopher hampton. ‘sunset blvd.’ is an intriguing look back to hollywood’s past.
(1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Unable to find work or get a loan from his movie business friends, he decides to quit l.a. The movie cuts close to the bone, drawing so directly from life that many of the silent stars at the movie's premiere recognized personal details.
In sunset blvd., a study into the poisonous legacy of a stardom long gone, he goes one further by having the entire movie narrated by a corpse floating in the swimming pool of norma desmond (gloria swanson), a former silent movie queen now living in a decaying mansion at the eponymous address.
Sunset boulevard is a musical with music by andrew lloyd webber, and lyrics and book by don black and christopher hampton. When young screenwriter joe gillis. Irving blvd at the corner of irving and wilshire, half a dozen blocks east of western ave. In sunset blvd., a study into the poisonous legacy of a stardom long gone, he goes one further by having the entire movie narrated by a corpse floating in the swimming pool of norma desmond (gloria swanson), a former silent movie queen now living in a decaying mansion at the eponymous address.
