SUNSET BOULEVARD (restored) (13)

A Billy Wilder Celebration
Screened as part of the Labia’s 75th Anniversary Celebrations.

Directed: Billy Wilder.
Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson.

Winner of 3 Oscars.

Ranked among the greatest movies ever made.
A Hollywood Story.
A giant among motion pictures, the noir comedy is about a struggling screenwriter, who meets a former silent-film star, who draws him into her deranged fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Their partnership, however, soon takes a dangerous turn.
Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, with cameo appearances by Buster Keaton and others.