Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
- new year's eve
- jealousy
- loss of sense of reality
- screenwriter
- butler
- delusion
- diva
- film noir
- hollywood
- los angeles
- california
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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 — Finance Man #1
- Charles Dayton — Finance Man #2
- Cecil B. DeMille — Cecil B. DeMille
- Hedda Hopper — Hedda Hopper
- H.B. Warner — H.B. Warner
- Buster Keaton — Buster Keaton
- Ray Evans — Ray Evans
- Directed
- Billy Wilder
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 3,012 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
