Depicted is a scene from the Academy Award winning 1950 Billy Wilder film "Sunset Boulevard", starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson. In this pivotal shot, Norma Desmond (Swanson), a faded "silent era" movie star, returns to the Paramount Studios in Hollywood for what she believes to be her triumphant return to filmmaking, after decades of reclusion. She is accompanied by William Holden's character Joe Gillis (who narrates the entire film, despite the fact that he is found dead in a swimming pool in the opening scene!), and driven by famed director Eric von Stroheim in a 1920's era Hispano-Suiza chauffeured touring car. -- L.G.

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