Norma Desmond

2017-01-03

[...] actors, directors, or technicians. The greatest attribute of Gloria Swanson’s portrayal of Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's 1950 Noir masterpiece Sunset Blvd., apart from her superlative display of [...]

A Potpourri of Vestiges - The Thinking Man's Movie Blog

#288

apotpourriofvestiges.com

2016-12-01

[...] my way up the red carpet of the ceremony at London’s Old Vic Theatre. Imagine, if you will, Norma Desmond arriving at Paramount Studios. The glitz and glamour was off the charts. I was met by the [...]

Everything Theatre

#53

everything-theatre.co.uk

2016-11-29

[...] will stick with mobsters forever, both inside and outside cinema. 6. Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard” If only Neil Simon could have lived through the beginning of the 21st [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2016-11-25

[...] , and that line is of course “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille”, spoken by Norma Desmond (played by Gloria Swanson). Just after saying the line, Norma gets closer to the camera, [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2016-10-27

[...] she’d like to play in the future, including roles that she’s still yet to age into like Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard and Mama Rose in Gypsy. In the meantime, however, this leading lady [...]

Everything Theatre

#53

everything-theatre.co.uk

2016-09-13

[...] , to be used in the nonconsensual artificial insemination of a pulchritudinous descendant of Norma Desmond, by masturbating over an issue of Fangoria." A Serious Man (2009; Joel and Ethan Coen) & [...]

Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule

#218

sergioleoneifr.blogspot.com

2016-02-20

[...] , worth-to-see characters. Now let’s see who they are… 10. Sunset Boulevard (1950) Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) is the queen of the silent movie era, now reigning in her beautiful [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2015-11-17

[...] Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd. In the film, he is credited with discovering and developing Norma Desmond’s talent; in real life, leading-lady Gloria Swanson also owned her career to the [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2015-09-03

[...] the TV platforms that got small.” In Sunset Boulevard, the egomaniac main character, Norma Desmond, is clearly delusional. Her fame failed to translate from the silent movies to the “ [...]

Ovum

#18

ovum.com