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1 - 1 of 1 1 Comments RlrBladeMan 157 Thu Sep 27 2007 21:32:12 Gloria Swanson gives one of the greatest performances of all time as Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's great masterpiece "Sunset Blvd". That Swanson did not win the Oscar is one of the true gaffes of Oscar History. I cannot think of any other actress who could have done what Swanson did in "Sunset Blvd". The grand Judy Holliday won the Oscar for her comedic "Born Yesterday". Likely Swanson and another great movie queen Bette Davis in her classic "All About Eve" cancelled each other out and Judy won. "We Had Faces Then" " I am Ready For My Closeup Mr. DeMille" "I am Big it is the Movies that Are Small" are just some of the great lines from this movie that fans know by heart. Wilder created some great Masterpieces and this is one of them --and as with his "Some Like It Hot"-- created some of the greatest movie fade outs in History. This one here with Swanson's character Norma Desmond clearly out of her mind walking into the camera is one of the greatest finale's of all time. [Report]

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