Stars
Gloria Swanson: American Actress, SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
William Holden: American actor, STALAG 17, SUNSET BOULEVARD, NETWORK
Erich Von Stroheim: Director/Actor/Screenwriter
Nancy Olson: American Actress
Fred Clark: American Character Actor
Lloyd Gough: American character actor
Jack Webb: Actor/director/producer
Franklyn Farnum: Actor/Dustin's Brother
Charles Dayton:
Director
Billy Wilder: Director/screenwriter/producer
Producer
Charles Brackett: Screenwriter and Producer, collaborated with Billy Wilder
Screenwriter
Billy Wilder: Director/screenwriter/producer
Charles Brackett: Screenwriter and Producer, collaborated with Billy Wilder
Composer
Franz Waxman: Film composer
Richard Strauss: German composer
Editor
Doane Harrison: Hollywood Editor, SUNSET BOULEVARD (1958), STALAG 17 (1953)
Arthur P. Schmidt: Editor, mid '30s-early '60s, father of Arthur Schmidt
Cameo
Anna Q. Nilsson: Actress/Teens-1940s
Cameo
Buster Keaton: Prolific silent comedy star/director
Cameo
Cecil B. DeMille: American Director/Producer, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
Cameo
H.B. Warner: British Actor
Cameo
Hedda Hopper: Columnist, actress
Cameo
Jay Livingston: American Composer/Songwriter
Cameo
Ray Evans: Oscar winning American song lyricist, THE LEMON DROP KID
Director of Photography
John Seitz: Supporting Actor
Production Designer
Hans Dreier: Production Designer
Production Designer
John Meehan:
Special Effects
Farciot Edouart:
Special Effects
Gordon Jennings:
Costume Designer
Edith Head: Oscar winning costume designer, THE STING
Review 1:
"...Gloria Swanson gives her greatest performance....The movie cuts close to the bone....SUNSET BOULEVARD remains the best drama ever made about the movies..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.5 06/17/1999
Review 2:
"...A mordant masterpiece about two victims of self-deception who destroy each other and themselves....The movie is unimprovable..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.83 11/29/2002
Review 3:
"These days, it seems like 1950's best movie."
Source: USA Today
p.3D 02/17/2004