Close-up on Sunset Boulevard by Staggs, Sam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Notice Contents Dedication Epigraphs Voice-Over, 1948 1. A La Recherche de Norma Desmond 2. When Queens Collide 3. The Happiest Couple in Hollywood 4. Chaz 5. Who Is Gloria Swanson? 6. “The Cameras Have Arrived” 7. The Bedroom of Norma Desmond 8. That’s Why the Lady Has a Chimp 9. “Ten Thousand Midnights Ago” 10. “All Right, Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready for My Close-up” 11. Chiffon, Velvet, Chinchilla, Tulle, Brocade, Taffeta, Ermine, and Leopard-Printed Crêpe 12. If It’s a Paramount Picture, It’s the Best Show in Town 13. Fiasco 14. The Whole Audience Stood Up and Cheered 15. And the Winner Isn’t Gloria Swanson 16. I’ve Got Nobody Floating in My Pool 17. Boulevard! 18. “Funny How Gentle People Get with You Once You’re Dead” 19. Popcorn in Beverly Hills with Nancy 20. “Buttons and Bows” 21. Men in Uniform 22. “We’ll Make Another Picture, and Another Picture” 23. Sunset Cul-de-sac 24. Life Upon the Wicked Stage 25. Fifteen Minutes of Close-ups 26. A Dethroned Queen 27. If They Put All the Norma Desmonds on an Island, Which One Would Survive? 28. Billy Wilder from Noir to Blackout 29. Lux Perpetua Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Notes Index Also by Sam Staggs Praise for Close-up on Sunset Boulevard Copyright

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