A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
William Holden
Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling
Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark
Sheldrake
Lloyd Gough
Morino
Jack Webb
Artie Green
Franklyn Farnum
Undertaker
Larry J. Blake
Finance Man #1
Charles Dayton
Finance Man #2
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
H.B. Warner
Buster Keaton
