Sunset Boulevard
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Sep 11, 2026
Zeth LundyHOST
There are many great Hollywood satires out there.
Zeth LundyHOST
Sunset Boulevard is a classic.
Zeth LundyHOST
That's Billy Wilder's nineteen fifty film about a silent film star trying to make a comeback, and The Player actually tips its cap to that one.
Zeth LundyHOST
There's the Coen brothers' Barton Fink, which deftly tells the story of a struggling writer, uh, who's got writer's block, um, because of this fear and paranoia he has of selling out to Hollywood, the machine, which is breathing down his neck.
Forrest MillerHOST
Because it's like...
Forrest MillerHOST
When we talked about Sunset Boulevard
Eileen JonesGUEST
months
Forrest MillerHOST
ago, we talked about how mean of a movie it kind of is.
Forrest MillerHOST
It's not openly cruel, I would say, but it's definitely a mean movie.
Forrest MillerHOST
And I remember one of our shorts that we did that episode was like, that we still get comments on sometimes, was like, Sunset Boulevard is a fairly mean movie.
Conan NeutronHOST
As is Ace in the Hole, which I also love.
Conan NeutronHOST
I always thought Sunset
Kwakiutl DreherCORRESPONDENT
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma stars Gillian Anderson as Billy Presley, an eccentric aging star of the slasher movie industry, living in a cabin near the theater the films were shown.
Kwakiutl DreherCORRESPONDENT
Think Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
Kwakiutl DreherCORRESPONDENT
Chris Williams, played by Hannah Einbinder, a queer filmmaker contracted by a Hollywood film studio, travels to the original film set, Camp Tivoli, in the dead of winter to interview Billy.
Kwakiutl DreherCORRESPONDENT
In this isolated wilderness, Chris hopes to gather research for the reboot of the film, Camp Miasma.
Richard LawsonHOST
Yeah.
Alison WillmoreHOST
And then also then later Billie is like, "Ha, you, you probably thought I was some crazy lady like the what is... of Sunset Boulevard."
Richard LawsonHOST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Alison WillmoreHOST
Uh, I don't re- and then and, and Chris pretends not to remember-
Lucille BallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
How about Lux Radio Theater next week, Bill?
William KeighleyNARRATOR
Well, it'll be another Paramount picture with a very famous title, one of the top dramatic successes of last season, Sunset Boulevard.
Bob HopeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs]
William KeighleyNARRATOR
And from the original cast, we have the two stars.
DennisHOST
He's the famous movie director.
DennisHOST
Actually had a cameo, or more than a cameo, in Sunset Boulevard.
DennisHOST
Mm-hmm.
DennisHOST
Edmund Gwynne was famous for playing Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street.
SarahHOST
But the Golden Globes named their Lifetime Achievement Award after him.
SarahHOST
And yes, when Gloria Swanson looks into the camera in Sunset Boulevard and says, all right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup.
SarahHOST
She's talking about him, obviously.
SarahHOST
Who appears as himself in the movie? Cecil B.
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AdamHOST
Well, that's Cecil B. DeMille doing the narration.
AdamHOST
Oh, really? Yeah.
AdamHOST
I could tell pretty immediately because I had just seen Sunset Boulevard.
AdamHOST
It was like, that's definitely his voice.
Dan JohnsonHOST
Wow.
Dan JohnsonHOST
Fast forward to, of course, Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard.
Gloria SwansonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were silent movies, and Max would run the projection machine, which was just as well.
Gloria SwansonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It kept him from giving us an accompaniment on that wheezing organ.
Dan JohnsonHOST
Can't talk about David Lynch without mentioning Sunset Boulevard.
Dan JohnsonHOST
If you're familiar with Sunset Boulevard, it stars Gloria Swanson.
Dan JohnsonHOST
There's a scene in Sunset Boulevard where she's sitting.
Dan JohnsonHOST
You know this film? Am I telling you something you don't know? She's sitting with this actor, William Holden.
KellyHOST
Boy, what a cast.
KellyHOST
Starring William Holden, who was in Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Bridge on the River Kwai, Casino Royale, The Wild Bunch, Towering Inferno, Network.
KellyHOST
I've just recently, over the last couple of years, picked years to start watching movies from, and I picked 1975.
KellyHOST
So I had a first-time viewing of Network, and I was so blown away by how good he is and all of that.
Brad EastridgeHOST
It was just the opposite.
Brad EastridgeHOST
Yeah, the opposite of Sunset Boulevard.
Brad EastridgeHOST
Yeah, coming back to life.
Suzanne LloydGUEST
And the interesting thing is, all of this, right when it happened with Jennifer Edwards, I was giving her a surprise birthday party.
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