“Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.” MadeHollywoodSunsetAugustBoulevardSunset Boulevard Author:Gloria Swanson
“The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.” SunsetExecutivesPublicityParamountEuthanasiaBoulevardSunset Boulevard Author:Gloria Swanson
“It's amazing to find that so many people, who I thought really knew me, could have thought that 'Sunset Boulevard' was autobiographical. I've got nobody floating in my swimming pool.” PeopleSunsetSwimmingPoolFloatingSwimming PoolBoulevardSunset Boulevard Author:Gloria Swanson
“So they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The dream she had clung to so desperately had enfolded her. Norma: You see, this is my life. It always will be! (In a whisper) There's nothing else - just us - and the cameras - and those wonderful people out there in the dark. All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up.” PeopleDreamJusticeDarkTakenWonderfulReadyCamerasPityMercifulSunset Boulevard Author:Gloria Swanson
