who meets a former silent film star, Norma Desmond, played by Gloria Swanson, who hires Gillis to write a script for her that would mark her comeback to the silver screen. As Desmond provides ...

Marlon Brando as mobster Vito Corleone in The Godfather. Gloria Swanson as faded silent film star Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. These performances are memorable, they’re quotable ...

Gloria Swanson, flamboyant screen actress of the ... are open to the public. Although a silent film, "Male and Female" was one of Miss Swanson's latest flicks, having been released in 1919.

reflecting on the magic of the silent-movie era, which began even before Hollywood was established. At the time of this interview, conducted by Robert Gladwell, Gloria Swanson had resumed acting ...