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1950s
SUNSET BLVD.
1950
COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION
The broody cynicism of film
noir reaches its crescendo
in the Oscar-winning Sunset
Blvd. Hollywood picks
apart its own players in this
ghoulishly executed social
commentary on showbiz,
narrated by a dead man.
RELATED:
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951),
THE BIG HEAT (1953), NIGHT OF
THE HUNTER (1955), WITNESS
FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957) ,
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
Gloria Swanson stars as a
washed-up silent film star
determined to make a comeback.
FILM
HUFFINGTON
09.30.12