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@snookyookum Год назад

Gloria Swanson, a silent era mega star, playing a mad, aging, obsolete silent film star who hates the advent of talking pictures. She uses the wild looks and huge gestures that silent film actors had to use to communicate emotions. Hers is a brilliant performance that possibly no one else could have done so well because going from super stardom to obscurity actually happened to her in real life. The scenes in the movie they watched with the beautiful young woman beside the candles was her in her heyday. The actor playing her butler/first husband was played by Eric Von Stroheim, one of the most famous directors of the silent era who actually directed some of the biggest hits Gloria Swanson starred in. This film caused lots of problems in Hollywood because it showed what the star machine could do to young actors just to make money. One of the best, and darkest film noir movies ever made, narrated by a dead man.

@stevengulley8950 Год назад

Wasn't Gloria Swanson the star that Poppa Kennedy had a fling with?

@bluefriend62 Год назад

@@stevengulley8950 Yes

@snookyookum Год назад

@@stevengulley8950 I think you are right Steven. I do recall something about those two.

@geneaikenii1092 Год назад

Nicely said.

@THOMMGB Год назад

I think you really put into words what this movie was about on two different levels: The obvious story that the public saw in the theater and the opinion piece on what Hollywood is really like and how it uses disposable people in their prime to make a buck.

@anntelford8647 Год назад

The character of Norma Desmond was a silent movie star. That's why she's so animated with her body, hands, and eyes. The woman who played the part, Gloria Swanson, really starred in silent films. That's why she said that, I can say everything I want with my eyes.

@brentwebster6164 Год назад

One of my very favorite movies, from the narration from the murder victim to the appearances by famous Hollywood personalities. Gloria Swanson is magnetic as Norma. An unforgettable performance.

@celladora31 Год назад

This was Eric Von Stroheims last moment as a "director". That's why he looks so emotional at the end. He was wonderful in The Great Gabbo.

@michaelm6948 Год назад

"The thing I remember so vividly about Gloria was not only her friendliness and welcoming attitude but also her excitement and belief in this film. Of all the people involved in Sunset Boulevard, Gloria knew that this film could be a great one, and it was an opportunity for her never to be forgotten again. Most people don’t realize that at this time she was only in her early fifties and still very beautiful. But she was more than willing to be photographed harshly, knowing that it was important for Norma Desmond to be “over the hill.” " -Nancy Olson who played Betty Schaefer from her book A Front Row Seat...

@dennismason3740 Год назад

Cameras use to use flashbulbs to light a photo subject. Flashbulbs were one-time-use little bulbs in the center of a parabolic bowl on top of the camera. The very hot flashbulb was allowed to cool before pulling it from the camera and replacing it with a fresh bulb.

@pete_lind Год назад

There were flashcubes and bars with 4-10 flashbulbs in 1960s and 70s , and then 1930s invention , electric flash , started to be so cheap that non professional had money to buy those .

@johnnehrich9601 11 месяцев назад

Going back before that, portrait photos had to have people stand very still for a minute or two, which seems longer when you have to do it. It was easier to hold a frown than a smile, which is why Victorian photos, the people look so solemn. When it wasn't practical to stand still - like say for the photos for newspapers, they used flash powder. They held the dry powder mix in a V-shaped holder up high to snap the photo. This was cheaper than the bulbs at first but produced smoke, so after a few shots, the room was filled with smoke.

@johnnehrich9601 11 месяцев назад

@@pete_lind Film also got "faster" over time, which meant it didn't need as much light until today, particular with digital photos, you don't need any extra lights.

@TheNeonRabbit Год назад

Gloria Swanson was 51 when this was released William Holden was 32. She still outlived him by 2 years.

@Gravydog316 24 дня назад

well, he could have lived longer he kinda died prematurely

@JasonNaas 11 месяцев назад

"You're her new chimp". PERFECT.

@waterbeauty85 Год назад

I adore Dawn, but I adore her even more when she reacts to the classics. Best reactor ever!

@KevDaly Год назад

Yes - my favourite source of pure innocent joy 😀

@mattbynumfilms Год назад

Yes, I am glad that Dawn is back with the classics!

@thamnosma Год назад

She’s very good, edits the films well and reacts without taking over

@waterbeauty85 Год назад

@@KevDaly That is the perfect description!

@josephpaul4548 Год назад

She's definitely a nuclear reactor.

@dolfin98 10 месяцев назад

The famous quote from the movie You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big. Norma Desmond : I *am* big. It's the *pictures* that got small.

@michaelm6948 Год назад

Nancy Olson, who you wanted to switch out of her role as Betty, was nominated for an Oscar for her performance. She was great and worked with William Holden in several other films. She's still alive and a very nice lady, there are interesting interviews of her on YT.

@bryanCJC2105 Год назад

This is one of my favorite movies. I was 20 and used to work at a video store in Los Angeles back in the 80s and had never seen those old black and white movies because.... they were old for old people. One time a regular customer, who was a producer, came in and was talking to one of the other clerks about movies when one told him that I didn't like old movies and had never seen them. He started to talk to me and teach me some things about those old movies like the use of shadows and how they wore colors that didn't match but looked good in black and white and how they had specialists whose job it was to know how everything looked in black in white and so on. Anyways, he gave me a list of 5 movies to watch and Sunset Blvd was #1 on the list. He said I would probably like it. I wasn't so sure, but that night I checked it out and OMG... I absolutely loved it. The next one was Casablanca and I loved that one. The next one was To Kill a Mockingbird and I loved that one. A week later, that producer was back and I gushed over how great those movies were and thanking him for teaching me all about them. I've loved those old movies ever since and have watched a lot of them. I think that was my favorite job because I learned a lot about movies, including the new ones, that I didn't know. It's really amazing how a random encounter with someone can change your whole perspective about things. Because of that man, I've read book that I normally wouldn't have. I've listened to music, including that old Jazz and Big Band but also different music, that I normally wouldn't have. He really enriched my life. I wish I remembered that producer's name. I would send him a proper thank you gift, but he's probably dead now. Gloria Swanson should have received the Academy Award for this role. She was nominated for it but didn't win.

@isoldejaneholland8370 11 месяцев назад

I like personal anecdotes like yours about the producer in the video store. Thank you.

@torontomame 8 месяцев назад

Those three are some of the best films! All of them are amazing.

@gutpunchprod Год назад

It’s amazing how truly great movies transcend generations because there is a timeless truth to what they say.

@ParkerAllen2 Год назад

I really enjoy how much you appreciate the old classics. The lead in this one, William Holden, was one of the best actors of that era. If you want to see a great war film that stars him I'd recommend "Bridge on the River Kwai." It won a bunch of Academy Awards in 1957, including Best Picture.

@fiddiehacked Год назад

Don't forget that other actor (whom Dawn would recognize), the future Obi Wan Kenobi!

@mattbynumfilms Год назад

Another good one with William Holden is Born Yesterday.

@terryd757 Год назад

William Holden has a few great movies. The Horse Soldiers, The Bridges of Toko Ri, The Wild Bunch, Stalag 17.

@RicoCosta317 Год назад

@@terryd757Also Network!

@bubhub64 Год назад

@@terryd757..."The World of Suzie Wong"

@davidglass4227 Год назад

Max was played by Eric Von Stroheim. He was a giant of silent film directors. Gloria Swanson was a giant of silent films. Cecil B DeMille played himself. He was one of the biggest directors of all time.

@deltabravo2678 8 месяцев назад

"musta killed more men than Cecil Demille" - Jim

@meganlutz7150 Год назад

The fact that you love classics shows what good taste you have ! Some more great ones to check out are All about Eve with Betty Davis, The Heiress with Olivia de Havilland and Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman.

@mondegreen9709 Год назад

Oh yeah, All About Eve's a good one alright. Fasten your seat belts, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

@DevlinDomini Год назад

“She’s the kind of lady that would grope you in your sleep.” 💛💛💛😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@custardflan Год назад

Hence the birth of the line, "I'm ready for my closeup."

@chrsAdd01 Год назад

“You’re her new chimp”. I seen this movie a lot and I never thought of it that way.

@Johnsrage Год назад

It's nice that you were able to recognize Chaplin, but the movie has cameo of one of Hollywood's biggest silent comedy stars, Buster Keaton. He's one of the old actors at the card game. You need to see some of his silent films, too.

@notquitedone51 5 месяцев назад

"Pass."

@ElliotNesterman Год назад

This film is in the genre called Film Noir, and is one of the greatest of them. Gloria Swanson (Norma Desmond) was one of the greatest and most successful actresses of the silent era. While her appeal to the public declined somewhat after the advent of sound movies, she continued to make films through the 30s and 40s, and then segued into television in the 50s, after _Sunset Blvd._ The card player of whom you said, "I know him," was H.B. Warner. He played Mr. Gower, the chemist, in _It's a Wonderful Life._ Cecil B. DeMille, who played himself, was one of the most successful directors of American film, particularly known for spectacular epics. The phrase "with a cast of thousands" was invented for advertising his movies. In the U.S. the income tax was only instituted in 1913, with the ratification of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. Before that income tax had only been levied to finance particular war efforts.

@jnagarya519 Год назад

Cecil B. DeMille was the "master" of overblown bombast.

@kevind4850 Год назад

With regard to the card-playing "waxworks" quartet, don't leave out Buster Keaton - perhaps the greatest film comedian of all time, and huge silent screen star Anna Q. Nilsson (right up there with Gloria Swanson). Brilliant film.

@jnagarya519 Год назад

@@kevind4850 Watch Swanson's use of her hands -- she is playing the role as a vampire.

@kevind4850 Год назад

@@jnagarya519 I agree. She did other post-silent era films, and even many of her silents, in which she wasn't creepy at all. She's definitely focusing on the character's evil insanity and using techniques that one sees in films such as _Nosferatu_ (especially the malevolent eyes and how she uses her hands like claws) - this really shows off her acting expertise.

@YManCyberDude Год назад

You forgot Buster Keaton . . .

@tonyherrera2570 Год назад

This is one of my all time favorite movies…great reaction by the way😊. The actress who played Norma Desmond is Gloria Swanson. Gloria was a HUGE star during the silent film era. Actors and Actresses of that era had to really project their emotions through their body movements (wide eyes, grand gestures, etc…) because there was no actual dialogue, just printed words on the screen.

@BeeWhistler Год назад

I always found it super creepy how he kept walking even after he was shot. It was so realistic because people don’t always recognize they’ve been hurt, and he was so focused on showing her he was done that it kept him going, and it just made it so disturbing. But as sad and annoying as Norma was, Gloria Swanson was so much more down to Earth, because she was fine with playing this character. Some actresses couldn’t deal with losing their youth, just like Norma. She didn’t care about still being glamorous, she knew a good role when she found it, and she absolutely nailed it.

@wareforcoin5780 6 месяцев назад

When you look like Gloria Swanson age hardly matters, you're going to be stunning until you're 80.

@HuntingViolets Год назад

"He was her new chimp." This is a great observation.

@lasbagman1 10 месяцев назад

I actually met Gloria Swanson in the early 80’s. She looked great . Beautiful skin and as far removed from Norma Desmond as one could get.

@charlessheifer2264 Год назад

The actor you recognized at the card game scene is H.B. Warner. You recognize him from "It's a Wonderful Life". He was Mr. Gower who owned the drug store where the young Jimmy Stewart character worked.

@wadeheaton123 2 месяца назад

Sitting next to him was the Great silent movie director -comedian clown - Buster Keaton who movie THE GENERAL Dawn Marie really needs to see.

@emwa3600 Год назад

When you rewatch this film, you'll appreciate it even more.

@bluefriend62 Год назад

One of the all-time best classics! It's very meta and once you know the backstory of the cast it only becomes more amazing.

@Billinois78 Год назад

I'm pretty certain that the song, "The Memory Remains" by Metallica, was inspired by this movie. The lyrics line up really well and James Hetfield made a reference to the movie title when talking about the song in an interview. Fortune, fame / Mirror vain / Gone insane / But the memory remains Heavy rings on fingers wave / Another star denies the grave See the nowhere crowd, cry the nowhere tears of honor Like twisted vines that grow / Hide and swallow mansions whole Dim the light of an already faded primadonna Fortune, fame / Mirror vain / Gone insane / But the memory remains Heavy rings hold cigarettes / Up to lips that time forgets While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back And can't the band play on? / Just listen, they play my song Ash to ash Dust to dust Fade to black Fortune, fame / Mirror vain / Gone insane Fortune, fame / Mirror vain / Gone insane Dance little tin goddess

@williambowman2326 Год назад

Billy Wilder had a great ability to mix dialogue, storytelling, and social commentary while entertaining the audience. His stories were simple, but he made them seem fresh and new. He conquered almost all of the movie genres; Double Indemnity was one of the greatest Film Noir's. Lost Weekend was the first major movie the address alcoholism. Sabrina was a perfect Cinderella story, Witness For The prosecution a great murder mystery, The Seven Year Itch made Marilyn Monroe an icon.... you can go on with another 10 great movies. Thank you for selecting Billy Wilder and get ready to enjoy the next 2 films. They are two of the best American Movies made.

@LawrenceMorey Год назад

Thank you for watching this! It is perhaps my favourite movie of all time (tied with Duck Soup). I've seen it many times. I dressed up as Max on Halloween one year, back in the 80's, bald head wig and all, and got lots of comments. We got in a cab at one point, and someone said, "I guess you get lots of weird folks tonight," and the cab driver said, "Yeah, but not like him!" looking straight at me (Max). No one has mentioned that the film Norma and Joe were watching was Queen Kelly, a silent movie that was directed by - you guessed it - Erich von Stroheim. The picture ran way over budget and was shut down by the producer Joe Kennedy (yes, John and Robert's father) who was Swanson's lover at the time. Part of the film was re-shot and salvaged somewhat, but never released in the States. Erich von Stroheim never directed another film, though he continued to have a distinguished career as an actor. One of the reasons this film has such resonance is because there are so many eerie echoes between the characters in the film and the real lives of the stars. Gloria Swanson really was a huge star. A book, Four Fabulous Faces, was one of my prized possessions - it included loads of great photos of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, and of course, Gloria Swanson. I think the title was inspired by one of the lines in this movie - "We didn't need words, we had faces!" She was also a lovely person in real life, definitely not Norma Desmond. I saw her once at a book signing - she wrote an autobiography late in life. She was into health foods and clean living and lived an active life into her 80's. But she is mainly known these days for her role in this film. It really is an absolutely stunning performance, there is nothing else like it, one of the greatest EVER in the history of movies. She was nominated for an academy award, but 1950 was an incredible year for great performances. Bette Davis was also nominated for All About Eve, another of one the best performances EVER in the history of movies, as was Anne Baxter, her co-star. The award was won by Judy Holliday for her performance in Born Yesterday, which was a fine performance, sure, but not on the absolutely legendary level of Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson. Those two performances continue to blow people away today, and for good reason, as you have found out. By the way, Judy Holliday's co-star in Born Yesterday was - ta da - William Holden. As has been mentioned by others, one of the waxworks was Buster Keaton (he keeps saying "Pass," all downcast). I know you would absolutely love The General, considered not only one of the greatest comedies of all time, but one of the greatest movies of all time.

@torontomame 8 месяцев назад

I agree with everything in this brilliant comment. 👏 😊

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures 6 месяцев назад

Wow! Great comment! Gloria Swanson IS amazing in this movie, to the point where you begin thinking there really was a star called Norma Desmond. She doesn't seem to be acting at all - it is the lady! It's a great movie but not one I can watch often as I feel the claustrophobia in it so intensely. While it is both sad and funny I'm always amazed at how low key frightening and tense it is. I was born in the 80s and got into old movies through a sort of religious experience when I saw James Cagney in White Heat when I was a teenager. Since then I've worked myself backwards and forwards from that film but I've always known that when I see the names Brackett and Wilder in the credits, I'm in for something good. Anyway, thanks again for your fascinating comment.

@argentokaos2629 Год назад

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Nancy "Betty Schaefer" Olson. Happy 95. Thank you--- from all us wonderful people out here in the dark.

@sintruder Год назад

One of the actors she was playing bridge with was Buster Keaton an absolute genus from the silent movie days. He is one actor you should check out, he was hilarious, and stunts he created still get used in movies today

@TheNeonRabbit Год назад

I've always thought of this and "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962 Bette Davis & Joan Crawford) as sort of companion pieces. They're both magnificient, both wonderful performances. Both inhabiting the same sort of cultural territory in their own way. So many great quotes...

@markhawes6000 Год назад

These old movies are driven by great dialog, story and acting, no CGI or car chases. This movie is a classic. I'm glad you, as a young person, enjoyed it. That makes me happy.

@ThreadBomb Год назад

It honestly never occurred to me before that William Holden was a replacement for the dead chimp. Well done, Dawn!

@botz77 Год назад

Weird and wonderful little movie. I remember being surprised at the end even though he told us what happened at the beginning. Brilliant script and direction.

@pkunberger9287 Год назад

Gloria Swanson actually was 50 when this came out. Another great William Holden movie is “Network” (‘76). Can’t wait for you to react to “The Apartment”.

@randywhite3947 11 месяцев назад

Actually she was 50 when this was shot and 51 when it came out

@jlb6 3 месяца назад

The Wild Bunch and Picnic.

@louismarzullo1190 Год назад

"I know him! I know him!... Do I know him?" 🤣🤣🤣 He looked like Mr. Gower, the pharmacist from "It's a Wonderful Life"🤔 And "I wouldn't care if I lived with a crazy lady as long as I could have cake everyday" was hilarious AND profound!! "Stop it! You have a boyfriend & you have an old lady!" I'm dyin!😂 Wait until you see "Harold & Maude"!🤣

@BluesImprov 10 месяцев назад

Billy Wilder is one of the very best and actually most FAMOUS directors of all-time. Yes, he is! A few of his black and white movies to check if you haven't already are, The Apartment, Witness for the Prosecution, Some Like It Hot, and Double Indemnity. Billy Wilder was one of only 8 people to ever win 3 Oscars for the same movie, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture for The Apartment in 1960. Billy Wilder was one of the all-time great directors!

@saucermcfly 4 месяца назад

I'd say nearly anything from Billy Wilder is well worth seeing, especially from the '40s and '50s. Plus The Apartment (1960).

@dankryskalla8490 Год назад

Since I discovered your channel, I have been enjoying a kind of Dawn Marie Binge Party! And as a result, I now walk around my apartment saying, in my best Scottish Accent - "Oh No!" "There's a boob!" and other movie reaction quotes - it makes life livable! Keep up the "gooud werk"

@deckofcards87 Год назад

Also from 1950: Strangers On A Train, All About Eve, Rashomon, Cinderella, The Asphalt Jungle Some of the greatest movies EVER MADE released in one year. Pretty crazy how consistent cinema was in those days!

@stephaniemccarthy1676 Год назад

So very happy you chose this fabulous movie!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@stephenbull2026 Год назад

A lot of silent movie stars found it very difficult transitioning to talkies .

@Tonyblack261 Год назад

I know others have already said this,, but Gloria Swanson is incredible in this. She's also a very beautiful woman, who manages to convey so many emotions with ease.

@sherigrow6480 Год назад

They absolutely did "sexual things" 😂 you innocent girl! That's what the fade-to-black as they start to kiss implies. Several bits of dialogue reinforce that as well. William Holden was quite a dish, and great actor. This movie was scandalous, tip-toeing around the Hayes Code.

@markharris1125 Год назад

Maybe it was because she had it fixed in her head that Norma was about 80 and the thought was just too much to contemplate. One's thoughts on this kind of appropriateness change as one gets older, I find . . . ☺

@philb2085 Год назад

Maybe it's the 60 year old me speaking but a 51 year old (rich) Gloria Swanson would do for me ? 😊

@johnnehrich9601 11 месяцев назад

The movies were severely restricted at that point by the infamous Hays Code, 1930's to 1968, so the film had to hint at a full love affair between two unmarried people. (At the time, the code required even married couples to be shown sleeping in separate beds.) So the audiences understood full well what the implications of the little bit of "romance" between the two as a full-blown love affair. The code also required that any character indicated to be doing bad stuff (by the moral standards of the day) HAD to be shown to getting sufficiently punished in the end - like three bullets or being arrested for murder. The code was also the reason we don't see a cloud of blood in the pool coming from his body.

@isoldejaneholland8370 11 месяцев назад

I was smiling at that part, too. Ah, the production code.

@hildajensen6263 8 месяцев назад

If you love the movies of that time, I might as well tell you now. A slow saxophone is also code for sexual intentions. In this movie we got an embrace, a saxophone and a fade to black. In the next scene we see Norma casually drying of Joe's chest like she's used to touching him. So clearly they did quite a lot of "sexual things" between those scenes, that you couldn't show on screen then.

@jollyrodgers7272 Год назад

Before it was re-named "Film Noir" in the seventies, this genre was known as Crime Melodrama. Gloria Swanson had been a silent film star at a young age, and as she played Norma here, finally received an Oscar nomination, won a Golden Globe and several other awards for this performance. It became her most famous role at age 50. She was an awful lot like Norma in real life, at least on the set. Erich Von Stroheim plays Max, directed Gloria in the old films, was indeed one of the early great film directors, and was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor here. SUNSET BLVD received 3 of the 11 Oscars it was nominated for. It was no secret William Holden was the one in the pool from the start - but HOW he got there was the story. Good call - Cruella DeVille was patterned after Norma Desmond. SOME LIKE IT HOT is another great one by Billy Wilder, and you're gonna Love it!

@TTM9691 Год назад

Loved everything you said at the end of this video, by the way. You hit the nail on the head why it's so great to dip into old movies! This movie came out a long time before I was born but I have always loved it, since I was a kid. And I'm just so happy that I (and you!) have this "old movie muscle" because variety is the spice of life, and I couldn't imagine ONLY watching one or two periods of movie history (ditto music). We can always switch it up! 1937, 1975, 1991, 1957, 2011, 1919...whatever! A million ways to tell a story! THANKS, DAWN!

@dudermcdudeface3674 Год назад

Billy Wilder's drily sadistic humor is still unique. Norma is both a tragic maniac and hilarious.

@michaelaudreson7761 Год назад

Loved your reaction on finding out she was 50. She was nominated for an oscar but it clashed with an even better movie, All About Eve, which had 2 actresses nominated, including Bette Davis who was playing an ageing actress, who was 40! No wonder stars were insecure.

@kevind4850 Год назад

"I'm not 20ish; I'm not 30ish. Three months ago I turned 40 years old. 40! FOUR - O. Um, that slipped out - I hadn't quite made up my mind to admit it. Now I suddenly feel like I've taken all my clothes off [...] Bill. Bill's 32. He looks 32. He looked it 5 years ago; he'll look it 20 years from now... I hate men." _All_ _About_ _Eve_ is certainly another essential film from a top-tier writer-director and contains some of the most sizzling dialogue ever put to paper.

@torontomame 8 месяцев назад

@@kevind4850I absolutely agree. I can watch All About Eve over and over.

@kevind4850 8 месяцев назад

@@torontomame ...and with that username, I'm thinking Rosalind Russell's _Auntie_ _Mame_ is also on your watch rotation 😉 Another of a hatful of older films that managed to couple great dialogue writing with wonderful performances.

@philisett1888 Год назад

"I miss the black and whites." :) Both your reaction and your observations about classic film at the end really made me smile. Thank you, Dawn!

@TheOneAndOnlySpookySteve 11 месяцев назад

One of my favorites. That ending is superb.

@TheScarecrow78 Год назад

I knew this was supposed to be an amazing film but I liked it even more than I thought i would.

@totallytomanimation Год назад

The Butler is played by Eric Von Stroheim a very famous and influential writer / director of the silent days of film. He Directed the movie "Greed", possibly the greatest lost film of all time. Or should I say mostly lost. There are still lessor versions around, but the original was 9+ hours long, and only studio insiders ever saw the directors 9 hour cut. The studio heads ordered it to be recut for release to public and after 5 re-edit attempts they massacred it down to 2+ hours. There is a semi restored version that is over 4 hours. As for the old guy playing cards that you recognized... that was the man who played the Pharmacist, that George worked for as a kid, in "It's a Wonderful Life"

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures 6 месяцев назад

In a way it's a tragedy that Eric Von Stroheim was born way, way, way before prestige TV series. He could have really gone to town then!

@uberduberdave Год назад

You might have noticed the guy who played William Holden's buddy Artie Green. That was Jack Webb, who produced, directed and starred in "The DI," and also produced TV shows I used to watch as kid in the 1960s and 70s, like "Dragnet" and "Adam 12."

@bigredtlc1828 Год назад

It's interesting how they shot the opening scene of the dead actor in the pool. They didn't have waterproof film cameras in the day so the director put a large mirror on the pool floor and shot William Holden's reflection in it. Brilliant and if you look at that scene it has an off-putting feel to it. I think that's why. Film directors find a way!

@JulioLeonFandinho Год назад

My theory about this movie, this freaking amazing movie, is that it's not a drama but a Vampire movie, and sometimes as terrifying as any horror movie

@HuntingViolets Год назад

Swanson had a cute guest part on _The Beverly Hillbiliies_ (a sitcom) in 1966 where they get her to make another silent film. She guest starred in TV shows in the '60s, and '70s and even did her Charlie Chaplin impression on _The Carol Burnett Show._ Burnett also did a recurring parody of her Norma Desmond character, called Nora Desmond. You can probably find that on RU-vid if you're curious.

@jimhaggard7436 Год назад

Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) was actually fifty during filming and 51 at the time of the movie’s release. Today, actresses can work into their seventies or eighties and still look relatively young. Not so in 1950.

@Cheryworld Год назад

"Your her new chimp" Well said!

@stephenbull2026 Год назад

You definitely need to watch "What ever happened to baby jane " with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ! Thrilling, creepy and great great fun. A stone cold classic !

@thisisscorpio6024 Год назад

(30:56) This reminds me of a story Burt Reynolds told. He and Clint Eastwood were young contract players who were laid-off from MGM. Each received an exit appraisal, pointing out their flaws. Clint told Burt, His smile was crooked, chin abrasive, and he squinted too much. Burt laughed and said, I was just told that needed to learn how to act.

@ggmiethe Год назад

I am in awe of the genius of this film, and of Billy Wilder. Your reaction is brilliant. Thank you. I love The Apartment is great too. Billy Wilder was a freak. Thanks again. Your are exactly right. Geoff from Fremantle, Western Australia 🇦🇺

@richardmeyer1007 Год назад

Another great Billy Wilder film is “Double Indemnity”. A masterpiece!

@HuntingViolets Год назад

It's always great to see you do a black and white movie. You have such fresh observations.

@randogirl-3 Год назад

I know the feeling you describe of how good you feel after watching the movie. I loved discovering B&W movies in the 80’s, I found so many favs that I played over and over. I recorded many off of AMC channel before they had commercials and only broadcast the old movies. I hope you will rewatch your favs on your own time.

@KrazyKat007 Год назад

You should have included when you said “You’re her new chimp” in the intro. 😂

@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Год назад

Such a great reaction to this classic film, Dawn. Billy Wilder was a great Director and I know that you'll love the other films of his too.

@thunderstruck5484 Год назад

Saw this movie in the 60s , was home sick from school and we only had 3 channels so I Watched it and really enjoyed, William Holden an all time favorite, always the antihero, thanks again!

@phila3884 Год назад

William Holden. A screen legend and this is just the start of his list of great roles.

@shoddyworkmanship4934 Год назад

"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" is another great 'crazy old woman' movie.

@budweiser600 Год назад

This movie is so insane, you won't see anything like it nowadays. Great reaction!!

@Hiraghm Год назад

OMG... when you're so young you don't remember that old cameras needed flashbulbs to illuminate photographs...

@THOMMGB Год назад

It's wonderful to spend some quality time with you as you react to these great classic movies. I live in the Los Angeles area and there really is a Sunset Boulevard and there are some very nice houses you can see as you drive along. I wish you'd do, It Happened One Night. It's an oldie (1934), but it has held up so well. I think you'd really get a kick out of it. Also and finally, another Billy Wilder film I really like is Stalag 17, a WWII prisoner of war film. William Holden is in it. He won an Academy Award for his acting in it.

@TheNightBadger Год назад

One of the best years ever for Best Actress nominees - Sunset Boulevard, Born Yesterday and All About Eve...

@johnhand8075 Год назад

I love it when you do these classics. You can do one a week for the next 10 years and still have quality films to choose from. Forget the new movies. Film making as a art form is done. Dead. Gone with the wind. Kuput.

@waterbeauty85 Год назад

I never made the association before, but watching this makes me want Dawn to see "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?"

@RealTechZen Год назад

One of William Holden's best ever acting performances came in “The Earthling”, his next to last movie. Ironically it was after the industry had written him off as a has-been and an alchoholic. You can stream it for free from several sources.

@donkelley7407 Год назад

Voted for this one in the poll and quietly freaked out when it popped up today. Well done Dawn, and you even found a few things I missed. Well, gotta get ready for my closeup. Looking forward to The Apartment.

@alecrichardson1949 Год назад

"Why is there light bulbs coming out of their cameras?" Aw bless 😄

@bobschenkel7921 Год назад

William Holden's buddy at the New Years party was Jack Webb, who several years later was Sergeant Joe Friday on the TV show "Dragnet". And that was the real Cecil B. DeMille, who Directed "The Ten Commandments". Of course, Norma Desmond was played by real Hollywood royalty in the person of Gloria Swanson, a true Silent Movie star. A real fun reaction.

@Joe-hh8gd Год назад

Everyone knew it was William Holden (Omen 2. Network, The Wild Bunch, etc) from the very beginning. He was a big star so audiences recognized him immediately. Another movie youd love is ALL ABOUT EVE with Bette Davis. Youve probably heard lines from it, like "Hang on, its going to be a bumpy ride." Writers/directors used to be formally educated, or at least read books. They were smarter than those today. Being literate, they knew how to tell literary stories. Todays moviemakers have no experience shooting film. Their experience is only other movies and they all shoot digital, not film. I never call them filmmakers or films today. They are moviemakers making movies and computers are the stars. Example: the train sequence in the new Mission Impossible looks almost like a cartoon. Same with BULLET TRAIN. Lots of razzle dazzle but no soul. There was more humanity in INDIANA JONE DIAL OF DESTINY then MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. Ill see OPPENHEIMER because its shot on 70mm film by one of our few remaining filmmakers. Otherwise, i wait for the bluray and watch on my big screen at home.

@malcolmmccallum7502 Год назад

The companion to this is What Ever Happened to Baby Jane

@moonbeam2062 11 месяцев назад

Gloria was a magnificent actress. She played those parts so well. And she was quite a beautiful young actress during the silent film era. That was the real Producer Cecil B. DeMille at the studio scene. It was rumored that she and Cecil had a real-life affair back in her younger days as an actress.

@Lethgar_Smith 11 месяцев назад

I once found myself in a similar situation when I was in my mid 20s and directionless and penniless and I managed to hook up with this older wealthy woman whose husband had passed away and left her a night club and a couple million and a falling down mansion. She was an alcoholic, a nice lady, an immigrant originally, she was still mourning the loss of her husband. It would have been easy to take advantage of but honestly, for me it was more about the sex. And after a while that wasn't even doing it for me anymore so I broke it off after only a month. Not long after that I saw this movie for the first time one afternoon it was on TV. It freaked me right the fuck out. That was back in the mid 80s good times

@wadek8186 Год назад

1) "The General" Buster Keaton, and 2) "Safety Last!" Harold Lloyd. All silent pictures. It's very GOOD!

@kevind4850 Год назад

_The_ _General_ is simply amazing - no stunt doubles and 100% no special effects.

@walterlewis1526 Год назад

The film they watch is called Queen Kelly. It was directed by Eric Von Stroheim (Max). It was never finished. Plug was pulled by Gloria Swanson's boyfriend who produced it, Joseph Kennedy -- father of President Kennedy.

@TTM9691 Год назад

Wow, what a great reaction!!!! This is a movie you can always return to because the more you learn about the history of silent movies (and Hollywood in general), you will notice more and more stuff. As I've said before in other "Sunset Boulevard" reactions, there had never been celebrity and fame on the level of movie stars, and those early silent actors experienced a love and adulation that could only be compared to, like, The Beatles in more modern times. And virtually overnight, like the dinosaurs, they were wiped out and forgotten....and laughed at! People treated silent movies like they were embarrassments as opposed to the great works of art that we now know them as. So.....Norma Desmond is definitely a tragic character! When she says "I built Paramount", she's not wrong! (Paramount wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the silent film star Mary Pickford, who built the fortunes of Adolph Zukor and the Lasky Brothers....who formed Paramount.) (Pickford was originally offered the role of Norma Desmond). Gloria Swanson is pretty much the original Hollywood glamour girl.....and indeed became famous working with Cecil B. Demille. Max is played by one of the greatest of all silent directors (and actors) Erich Von Stroheim. When you see them watching her old movies, they're watching Gloria Swanson directed by Erich Von Stroheim in "Queen Kelly".....a notorious (yet brilliant) disaster that ended pretty much both of their careers. Anyways, great reaction......and CAN'T WAIT FOR "SOME LIKE IT HOT"!!!!!!!! Excellent choice for your next Billy Wilder! He has so many good ones, but the three you are watching are all great super classics that no one could argue with.

@davidsimon9303 Год назад

Cecil B Demille was a real director too-who directed Gloria Swanson in real life in the silents

@custardflan Год назад

Gloria Swanson was one of the all time great silent film actresses and the butler is Eric Von Stroheim who was one of the great all time silent film directors. And that was Cecil B. DeMille. Swanson was 50 or 51 when this was made.

@coldwhite4240 Год назад

This is a great classic. Gloria Swanson was excellent as the faded star still living in her own world. Brilliant to see you enjoying the classics of the B&W era, and watching you work things out. "You're her new chimp" - astute observation! In real life, the change from silent films to "talkies" really did kill off a lot of careers, because many of the actors and actresses couldn't perform in the 'new' way and their voices were not considered suitable. The change from silent films was more than just the arrival of sound - you've seen some silent movies: the whole way of acting was different, more physically expressive, depending more on close-up facial expressions, etc. Many of the old stars couldn't (or wouldn't) adjust.

@Hiraghm Год назад

Dawn:"The thicker the better" me ::takes a sip of hot chocolate:: Dawn: "that's what she said" me ::spews hot chocolate all over my keyboard::

@Hiraghm Год назад

That friend of his from the party is Jack Webb, who went on to have a TV series about the Los Angeles police department called "Badge of..." oh, no, wait... it was called "Dragnet". (we'll see if anyone gets the "Badge of Honor" reference... :D )

@RicoCosta317 Год назад

Gloria Swanson in her last great role. What a magnificent performance, surely one of the most beloved of all time. She didn't get the Oscar only because there were so many great actresses, including Bette Davis, who were nominated. The line, "I'm ready for my close up, Mr. Demille", is surely one of the top ten movie ending lines ever, and gives me chills to this day. Your reactions to classics are classic, Dawn. You should have come of age in the 40's!

@DavidAntrobus Год назад

Not many reaction channels where you can see reactions to classic Hollywood movies and also... _The Young Ones_ 😄In fact, this is the only one. I love that.