This sumptuous illustrated biography, weighing in at more than four pounds, begins: “Gloria Swanson was a great motion picture ... “It’s the pictures that got small,” her character, Norma Desmond, was ...

Marlon Brando as mobster Vito Corleone in The Godfather. Gloria Swanson as faded silent film star Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. These performances are memorable, they’re quotable ...

Patti LuPone has given an extended verdict on Jamie Lloyd’s award-winning production of Sunset Boulevard. First seen in the West End and picking up seven WhatsOnStage and Olivier Awards, Lloyd’s take ...

The most significant is usually hand gestures. Gloria Swanson who played the role of Norma Desmond in the classic Hollywood film, Sunset Boulevard, used over exaggerated and almost spider like ...