#BehindTheScenes
#SunsetBlvd (1950)
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
#GloriaSwanson as Norma Desmond pool scene.
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I just watched Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950) and rated it 9/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #SunsetBoulevard #BillyWilder #GloriaSwanson #WilliamHolden #ErichVonStroheim #NancyOlsen
Alfred Cheney Johnston is best known for his photographs of Ziegfeld follies showgirls and all sort of semi-nude actresses. This is Gloria Swanson in 1919.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
#GloriaSwanson and #EdithHead behind the scenes of #BillyWilder's Sunset Blvd. (1950). #cinemastodon #fashion #filmastodon #film
– I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 21: a short girl for #ShortGirlAppreciationDay
The great Gloria Swanson (4'11” – 5ft 2 / 1,49 m) – fabulously dressed by Edith Head (5'1” / 1,55 m) with an endless parade of platform shoes – in Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd. (1950). Also starring, Buster Keaton, who was 5'5” / 1,65 m.
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Coinciding with #SilentMovieDay is my share of this PBS article about #GloriaSwanson as a health crusader. Three recipes of hers, and some photos including other silent film stars you might recognize, can be found here:
https://www.pbssocal.org/food-discovery/food/gloria-swanson-health-food-crusader
Definitely trying the #potassium broth recipe this season.
Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino in a scene from Beyond the Rocks (USA,1922).
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