Sunset Blvd. (1950)

USA, 110 min
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Basic facts

Original title Sunset Blvd.
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1950-12-20

Cast

William Holden
Joseph "Joe" C. Gillis, filmförfattare

Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling, Normas betjänt, tidigare hennes make och regissör

Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer, lektör vid Paramount Studios

Fred Clark
Sheldrake, producent vid Paramount Studios

Lloyd Gough
Morino, Joes agent

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Titles

Original title
  • Sunset Blvd.
Swedish release title
  • Sunset Boulevard
Working title
  • A Can of Beans

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Script Supervisor
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Key Grip
Set Decorator
Carpenter
Propman
Assistant Property Master
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Construction Coordinator
Wardrobe
Assistant Film Editor

Cast

William Holden Joseph "Joe" C. Gillis, filmförfattare
Gloria Swanson Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim Max von Mayerling, Normas betjänt, tidigare hennes make och regissör
Nancy Olson Betty Schaefer, lektör vid Paramount Studios
Fred Clark Sheldrake, producent vid Paramount Studios
Lloyd Gough Morino, Joes agent
Franklyn Farnum begravningsentreprenören / hovman i filmateljén
Jack Webb Artie Green, regiassistent, Joes vän, Bettys fästman
Larry J. Blake (as Larry Blake) mannen från inkassobyrån som kräver Joe på pengar för hans bil
Charles Dayton andre inkassomannen
Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper, skvallerjournalisten i Normas rum efter mordet
Buster Keaton Buster Keaton, bridgespelare
Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Q. Nilsson, bridgespelare
H.B. Warner H.B. Warner, bridgespelare
Ray Evans Ray Evans, vid pianot på Archies nyårsfest
Jay Livingston Jay Livingston, vid pianot på Archies nyårsfest
- Ej krediterade:
Sidney Skolsky Sidney Skolsky, skvallerjournalist
Eddie Dew biträdande undersökningsdomare (bortklippt i den slutliga versionen)
Roy Thompson Rudy, skoputsaren
Ruth Clifford Sheldrakes sekreterare
Peter Drynan skräddaren
Kenneth Gibson expedit i herrklädesbutiken
Archie Twitchell expedit i herrklädesbutiken
E. Mason Hopper läkaren vid Normas första självmordsförsök / hovman vid filmateljén
John Cortay ung vakt vid Paramount Studios grind
Robert Emmett O'Connor Jonesy, äldre vakt vid Paramount Studios grind
Stan Johnson regiassistent i filmateljén
Bill Sheehan regiassistent i filmateljén
John "Skins" Miller Hog Eye, elektrikern i filmateljén
Bert Moorhouse Gordon Cole, mannen på Paramount som vill hyra Normas bil
Julia Faye Hisham, skådespelerska i filmateljén
Virginia Randolph hovdam i filmateljén
Gertrude Astor hovdam i filmateljén
Frank O'Connor hovman i filmateljén
Eva Novak hovdam i filmateljén
Ralph Montgomery rekvisitör i filmateljén
Joel Allen rekvisitör i filmateljén
Gertrude Messinger frisörska
Gerry Ganzer Connie, Bettys rumskamrat
Howard J. Negley (as Howard Negley) polisintendent
Ken Christy polis vid mordroteln
Len Hendry polisassistent
Yvette Vickers telefonerande flicka på nyårsfesten hos Artie Green
Al Ferguson väntande i telefon
Berenice Mosk Berenice Mosk, Cecil B. DeMilles sekreterare
Tommy Ivo pojke
Emmett Smith svart man
Jay Morley fet man
Arthur Lane (as Art Lane) kameraoperatör
Archie Dalzell (as Arch R. Dalzell) kameraoperatör
James Hawley kameraassistent
Edward Wahrman kameraassistent
Sanford E. Greenwald journalfilmsfotograf
Howard Joslin poliskommissarie vid kroppen i poolen
Henry Wilcoxon skådespelare i filmateljén
Dan Borzage ackordionspelaren
Ottola Nesmith
Creighton Hale
Jack Perrin
Joe Gray

Companies

Production Company Paramount Pictures Corporation
Copyright Paramount Pictures Corporation 1950-08-04 (LP260)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Paramount 1950
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1982
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment (Sweden) AB 2003

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 123130
Date 1982-02-12
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 1200 meters


Censorship number 77769
Date 1950-10-20
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3010 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 3010 meter
Length in minutes 110 min


Original work

Original title can of beans, a (Original)


Production location

(komplettering) 1950-01-05 1950-01-05
(omtagningar) 1949-07-07 1949-07-07
(omtagningar) 1949-06-21 1949-06-23
(omtagningar) 1949-06-18 1949-06-18
1949-04-18 1949-06-11
Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue Hollywood, Kalifornien USA (filmateljé)
641 N. Irving Boulevard Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA (Norma Desmonds hus)
Getty Mansion, Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA (fasaden till Norma Desmonds hus)
Aldo-Nido Apartments, 1851 N. Ivar Street Hollywood, Kalifornien USA (Joe Gillis bostad)
The Paramount Gate, Paramound Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue Hollywood, Kalifornien USA
Schwab's Drugstore, 8000 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, Kalifornien USA (endast exteriör)
Griffith Park Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Bel Airs golfbana Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Stone Canyon Road Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Los Angeles County Morgue Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

World premiere 1950-08-10 Radio City Music Hall New York City, New York USA 110 min
Release in Sweden 1950-12-20 Saga Stockholm Sweden 110 min
TV showing 1995-10-18 Kanal 1 Sweden 105 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2000-10-25
2002-04-09
2002-04-11
TV showing 2003-01-09 Kanal 5 Sweden 105 min
DVD release 2003-03-12 Sweden
TV showing 2003-09-15 Kanal 5 Sweden 105 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Paramount-Don't-Want-Me Blues
Composer Jay Livingston
Lyrics Ray Evans


Original title Buttons and Bows
Composer Jay Livingston (1948)
Lyrics Ray Evans (1948)


Original title Toccata och fuga, orgel, BWV 565, d-moll
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)


Original title Salome. Tanz der sieben Schleier
Composer Richard Strauss (1903)
Lyrics Oscar Wilde


Original title Auld Lang Syne
Lyrics Robert Burns (dock ej första strofen)


Original title Charmaine
Composer Erno Rapee (1926)
Lyrics Lew Pollack (engelsk text 1926)
Karl-Ewert (svensk text 1927)


Original title La cumparsita
Composer Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (1916)
Lyrics Pascual Contursi (1916)


Related films

Queen Kelly (1929) Cited in Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Precious Images (1986) Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 16 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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