Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard premiered in 1993, it became a major hit. But few people then, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gloria Swanson might have been a pioneer within the film industry, as the star of the film Sunset Boulevard (which inspired the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Hershberg is a journalist covering the business of Broadway. The first musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard is finally ...

Shearer (Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr) succeeds brilliantly in not missing a moment of 1920s Hollywood starlet Gloria Swanson's gilded, imperfect life. Celebrated as "the movie star of all movie ...

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Those who know their film history and relish Hollywood classics surely will savor Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BLVD. It dates from 1950, and it stars Gloria Swanson as a faded silent screen legend. Well, ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever wanted to walk in the shoes of Hollywood golden era stars Gloria Swanson and Mary Pickford, now’s your chance — kind of — thanks to a limited-edition capsule collection from Italian ...

When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard premiered in 1993, it became a major hit. But few people then, or even now, are aware of a much earlier attempt to bring the classic ...