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The Resource Sunset Blvd., a Paramount picture ; written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshmann, Jr. ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder

Sunset Blvd., a Paramount picture ; written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshmann, Jr. ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder

Label
Sunset Blvd.
Title
Sunset Blvd.
Statement of responsibility
a Paramount picture ; written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshmann, Jr. ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder
Title variation
Sunset Boulevard
Contributor
Actor
Composer
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
The story of an aging film queen who prepares for her grand comeback to stardom
Member of
Awards note
  • Academy Awards, 1951: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White ; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay.
  • National Film Registry selection, 1989.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
  • Sunset Blvd. (Motion picture)
  • Sunset Blvd. (Motion picture)
  • Sunset Blvd. (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, John F. Seitz ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music score, Franz Waxman
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
Language note
In English or dubbed French or Spanish with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned in English
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.S868 2008
PerformerNote
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1892-1969
  • 1906-2002
  • 1922-2015
  • 1918-1981
  • 1897-1983
  • 1885-1957
  • 1928-
  • 1914-1968
  • 1920-1982
  • 1881-1959
  • 1885-1966
  • 1895-1966
  • 1906-1967
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Brackett, Charles
  • Wilder, Billy
  • Marshman, D. M.
  • Holden, William
  • Swanson, Gloria
  • Von Stroheim, Erich
  • Olson, Nancy
  • Clark, Fred
  • Gough, Lloyd
  • Webb, Jack
  • DeMille, Cecil B.
  • Hopper, Hedda
  • Keaton, Buster
  • Waxman, Franz
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
110
Series statement
Centennial collection
Series volume
1
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Actresses
  • Ageism
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Motion picture industry
Technique
live action
Label
Sunset Blvd., a Paramount picture ; written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshmann, Jr. ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1950
  • Special features: Sunset Boulevard : the beginning; The noir side of Sunset Boulevard ; Sunset Boulevard becomes a classic ; Two sides of Ms. Swanson ; Stories of Sunset Boulevard ; Mad about the boy: a portrait of William Holden ; Recording Sunset Boulevard ; The city of Sunset Boulevard ; Morgue prologue script pages ; The score of Sunset Boulevard ; Behind the gates: the lot ; Hollywood location map ; Paramount in the '50s: Retrospective featurette ; Edith Head: the Paramount years ; original theatrical trailer ; galleries; commentary by Ed Sikov
Accompanying material
1 booklet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. Feature film (110 min.) -- disc 2. Special features (141 min.)
Control code
ocn264802038
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
DVD ; Fullscreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (110 min.)
Isbn
9786314961497
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097361389844
  • 883929304875
  • 032429258243
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 13898
  • 13898A
  • 13898B
  • 59160070000
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)264802038
System details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen; Dolby digital mono
Terms governing use
  • Home use only.
  • Copy protected.
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Sunset Blvd., a Paramount picture ; written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshmann, Jr. ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1950
  • Special features: Sunset Boulevard : the beginning; The noir side of Sunset Boulevard ; Sunset Boulevard becomes a classic ; Two sides of Ms. Swanson ; Stories of Sunset Boulevard ; Mad about the boy: a portrait of William Holden ; Recording Sunset Boulevard ; The city of Sunset Boulevard ; Morgue prologue script pages ; The score of Sunset Boulevard ; Behind the gates: the lot ; Hollywood location map ; Paramount in the '50s: Retrospective featurette ; Edith Head: the Paramount years ; original theatrical trailer ; galleries; commentary by Ed Sikov
Accompanying material
1 booklet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. Feature film (110 min.) -- disc 2. Special features (141 min.)
Control code
ocn264802038
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
DVD ; Fullscreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (110 min.)
Isbn
9786314961497
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097361389844
  • 883929304875
  • 032429258243
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 13898
  • 13898A
  • 13898B
  • 59160070000
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)264802038
System details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen; Dolby digital mono
Terms governing use
  • Home use only.
  • Copy protected.
Video recording format
DVD

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