Sunset Boulevard

Summary

Mr Punch Presents: SUNSET BOULEVARD, nominated for eleven Academy Awards, Billy Wilder’s brilliant 1950 film is about the flamboyant silent movie star Norma Desmond played by Gloria Swanson and her pitiful attempt to stage a comeback to the silver screen through her friendship with the young opportunistic screenwriter, played by William Holden. Recreated for the radio with the original stars in this special radio production.
          

Hollywood Playhouse is a collection of Oscar winning films adapted for the radio and performed by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. 

This programme has been re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcast.

These radio dramas were….to become as popular as the movies themselves. Hollywood Movie Memories.

A lovely series to add to any film, audio or crime lovers’ collection. Audio World.

This is an excellent audio product that will appeal to the majority of audiobook listeners. Talking Business.

Miss Swanson’s performance takes her at one bound into the class of Boris Karloff and Tod Slaughter! Punch Magazine

 Hollywood at its worst told by Hollywood at its best. Time Magazine