Noirvember 2025: Sunset Boulevard (1950) 75th Anniversary

A Hollywood Story.


Billy Wilder

In-Person

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Nov 21

Nov 22

Nov 23

An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong. The screenwriter's ambivalence about their relationship and her unwillingness to let go leads to a situation of violence, madness, and death.

Credits

Director(s):

Billy Wilder

Producer(s):

Charles Brackett

Cast:

William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough

Composer(s):

Franz Waxman