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Directed by: Billy Wilder 
Written by: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr
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| Released: |
1950 |
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| Genre: |
DRAMA
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| Origin: |
US |
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| Length: |
110 |
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An unscrupulous writer (William Holden) inveigles himself into the affections of a legendary Hollywood star (Gloria Swanson, pictured left).
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| Billy Wilder’s malicious view of the movie business is part black comedy and part Grand Guignol, all of it beautifully shot and acted. Gloria Swanson, in a come-back role, gives one of the great screen performances: melodramatic but subtle, funny yet tragic. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is much more sentimental; Wilder leaves the viewer with a nasty taste in his mouth, and means to. Franz Waxman's score won an Academy Award. John F. Seitz's cinematography was Oscar-nominated. |
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| "After nine years of obscurity, I was in the glaring spotlight again, thanks to Billy Wilder and a brilliant script." |
| (Gloria Swanson, in her autobiography) |
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| "You bastard! You have disgraced the industry that made you and fed you! You should be tarred and feathered and run out of Hollywood!" |
| (MGM chief Louis B. Mayer to Billy Wilder after a private screening) |
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