Zaza
Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.
Manhandled
A comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up in New York high society.
Nero's Mistress
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.
The Golden Twenties
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
Tonight or Never
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Stage Struck
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons. Desperate to keep Orme, Jennie insists on going onstage to best Lillian, but is soon out of her depth.
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
In the mid-1950s, Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, young composers and romantic partners, are hired by legendary silent film star Gloria Swanson to write a musical based on her film Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder in 1950.
Indiscreet
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
Sunset Boulevard
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Allan Dwan
Director
Mary Thurman
as
Florianne
Riley Hatch
as
Rigault
Gloria Swanson
as
Zaza
Arthur Housman
as
Chip Thorndyke
Tom Moore
as
Jim Hogan
Ian Keith
as
Robert Brandt
Arturo Bragaglia
as
Amedeo Trilli
as
Mino Doro
as
Corbulone
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Melvyn Douglas
as
Jim Fletcher
Alison Skipworth
as
Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni
Boris Karloff
as
Waiter
Andrew Lloyd Webber
as
Self
Steve Allen
as
Self
Glenn Close
as
Self
Nella Walker
as
Mrs. Woodward
Jack Warden
as
Party Guest
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