603 E Liberty St
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Joe Gillis, bankrupt screenwriter, hides from car repossessors in the garage of a deserted-looking mansion which proves to be the grotesque home of Norma Desmond, retired silent screen star. Joe takes refuge there, with a nominal job of rewriting Norma’s hopeless ‘comeback’ screenplay. Weeks pass; feeling more and more like a kept man, Joe grasps at reality in the form of a clandestine friendship with script reader Betty Schaefer, but it’s too late. Not rated. 110 minutes. Black & white.

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Added by mitten on August 15, 2006