Sunset Blvd. (1950)
| Release Date | 10 August 1950 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | A Hollywood Story |
| Genre | Drama, Film-Noir |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Alto-Nido Apartments -1851 N. Ivar Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Showbiz Drama, Satire |
| Mood | In a Minor Key |
| Themes | All Washed Up, Writer's Life |
| Tones | Biting, Elegiac, Irreverent, Atmospheric, Satirical |
| Tags | Actor, Behind The Scenes, Butler, Comeback, Death, Debt, Depression, Extramarital Affair, Fame, Filmmaking, Movie Camera, Party, Screenwriter, Script, Seduction, Star, Suicide |
Sunset Boulevard (also known as Sunset Blvd.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Charles Dayton
Second Finance Man
Ray Evans
Himself
Joel Allen
Prop Man #2
John Cortay
Young Gate Guard at Paramount Studios
Archie R. Dalzell
Camera Operator
Eddie Dew
Assistant Coroner
Peter Drynan
Tailor
Al Ferguson
Phone Standby
Gerry Ganzer
Connie - Betty's Roommate
Kenneth Gibson
Salesman at Men's Shop
Joe Gray
Undetermined Role
Sanford E. Greenwald
Newsreel Cameraman
James Hawley
Camera Assistant
Len Hendry
Police Sergeant
E. Mason Hopper
Doctor
Stan Johnson
First Assistant Director
Howard Joslin
Police Lieutenant
Arthur Lane
Camera Operator
John 'Skins' Miller
Hog-eye - Electrician
Ralph Montgomery
Prop Man #1
Bert Moorhouse
Gordon Cole
Jay Morley
Fat Man
Bernice Mosk
Herself
Howard Negley
Police Captain
Ottola Nesmith
Undetermined Role
Frank O'Connor
Courtier
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Jonesy - Older Paramount Gate Guard
Virginia L. Randolph
Courtier
Bill Sheehan
Second Assistant Director
Sidney Skolsky
Himself
Emmett Smith
Black Man
Roy Thompson
Rudy - Shoeshine Boy
Archie Twitchell
Salesman at Men's Shop
Edward Wahrman
Camera Assistant
Director
Writer
Charles Brackett
D.M. Marshman Jr.
Producer
Charles Brackett
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Editor
Arthur P. Schmidt
Art Director
John Meehan
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Set Decorator
Sam Comer
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Ray Moyer
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Wally Westmore
makeup supervisor
Nellie Manley
hair
Karl Silvera
makeup artist
Frank Thayer
makeup artist
Vera Tomei
hair
Production Manager
Hugh Brown
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
assistant director
Gerd Oswald
second assistant director
Art Department
Steve Beers
head carpenter
Jack Colconda
props assistant
Gene Lauritzen
construction coordinator
Tom Plews
props
Sound Department
John Cope
sound recordist
Harry Lindgren
sound recordist
Special Effects
Gordon Jennings
special photographic effects
Visual Effects
Farciot Edouart
process photography
Camera and Electrical Department
Otto Pierce
camera operator
Glen E. Richardson
still photographer
Harlow Stengel
camera assistant
Walter Tayler
gaffer
Fred True
grip
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ed Fitzharris
wardrobe
Hazel Hegarty
wardrobe
Editorial Department
Doane Harrison
editorial supervision
Frank Bracht
assistant editor
Other Crew
Lupe Hall
script clerk
Ronnie Lubin
dialogue coach
Norris Stensland
technical advisor
Production Company
Paramount Pictures
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Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Filmes do Brasil
Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain)
Paramount Home Entertainment
BFI (Collections)
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CIC-Taft Home Video
Facets Multimedia Distribution
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Paramount Home Entertainment
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