


A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

William Holden
Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark
Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough
Morino

Jack Webb
Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum
Undertaker

Larry J. Blake
1st Finance Man
Charles Dayton
2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson

H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Ray Evans
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston

Fred Aldrich
Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor
Courtier (uncredited)
Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.
Released