The Greatest Star
Behind the Scenes of Sunset Boulevard – THE OFFICIAL 75th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION Including the Original Shooting Script
$76.00
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2025
Summary
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of one of cinema’s greatest achievements, Sunset Boulevard, with rare archival photographs and materials from the Paramount archives.
1950 was a seminal year for filmmaking: All About Eve, Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, and more. But one movie stands above the rest: Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder’s searing look at—and indictment of—the studio industry at one of its most influential and powerful times of i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798886743326 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Jeffrey Vance, Nancy Olson Livingston |
| Publisher: | Insight Editions |
| Imprint: | Weldon Owen, Incorporated |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.84kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 229mm x 41mm |
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Critics Review
“When I was cast as Betty Schaefer, I immediately understood that this was a story like no other. Over the years, I have often reflected on just what it was that made Sunset Boulevard stand out the way it did: a work of great art reveals the truth. The truth is not always popular, but in the end, it stands the test of time.” –Academy Award-Nominee Nancy Olson Livingston (from her preface)
About The Author
Jeffrey Vance
Film historian Jeffrey Vance is the author of several acclaimed books on film, including Douglas Fairbanks (2008), Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema (2003), Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian (2002), and Buster Keaton Remembered (2001). He is also the author of A Star Is Born: Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away (2018) co-written with Lorna Luft. An archivist, producer, and lecturer, Vance has served as consultant to every major motion picture studio, has appeared at numerous festivals, contributed audio commentary to several DVDs, and produced and directed the short subject Rediscovering John Gilbert (2010).
Signed to Paramount Pictures in 1948, Nancy Olson Livingston received an Academy Award nomination only two years later for her role as Betty Schaefer in Billy Wilder’s film classic, Sunset Boulevard. Her career spanned nearly four decades, including pictures with William Holden, Bing Crosby, and John Wayne. She also starred in a string of iconic Disney films including Pollyanna and The Absent-minded Professor and starred in three plays on Broadway. In 2022, she published her memoir, A Front Row Seat.
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