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Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Acadamy Award in the Best Actress catagory. In 1929, Swanson successfully transitioned to talkies with The Trespasser. However, personal problems and changing tastes saw her popularity wane during the 1930s when she moved into Theater and TV. Today she is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film start, in the critically aclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Swanson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Gloria Swanson
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Film about former silent film star Anna Lafontaine's uncontrollable desire for a comeback. Film opens with a scene outside her house, the police arrive and find her dead body in living room in an armchair. The daughter of millionaire and director legend Cindy Parker runs away from her father because he won't let her marry a pizza delivery boy. On the train, he meets former director and screenwriter Rick Taylor, who burned out and is now a reporter. Rick kidnaps her to secure a sensational article, but then it occurs to him that he could demand that her father let him write the script for the movie. Out of desperation, Rick is hired by Anna to write a film for her with a role that will turn her into a star. Rick agrees, takes his old script for the movie he's been working on since he finished in Hollywood, and drops the kidnapping. He and Cindy become friends, takes her with him and introduces her to Anna. He gives Anna a script to read, which he says is his best work and way back. Anna calls on her old friends and recruits Thomas Holtby and Samuel Worthton for the movie Bumpy Road to Hollywood. Holby is a robust guy with inferiority complex and shyness and loves Anna. Rick and Cindy fall in love. Cindy gets a role too. They discover that Anna have no money. Film is paused. Enraged, Worthton, who had put his money into it, decided to revenge, came to Anna's house and shot her. The police arrive and Taylor calls out: cut! 7 months later, Anna wins an Oscar and they won 5 more.
