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Max pretends to "direct" her, and the police play along. As the cameras roll, Norma descends the grand staircase. Upon reaching the bottom, she stops and makes an impromptu speech about how happy she is to be making a film again. She then says, "Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." and approaches the camera.
Sunset Boulevard is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and libretto by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.It is based on the 1950 film.. The plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street.
DeMille was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, where his parents were vacationing for the summer. He grew up in New York City. He began his career as a stage actor in 1900. He later began to write and direct stage plays, a few with his older brother William de Mille, and some with Jesse L. Lasky, who was then a vaudeville producer.
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Norma Desmond Gloria Swanson: Sunset Boulevard: 1950 14 "The stuff that dreams are made of." [f] Sam Spade: Humphrey Bogart: The Maltese Falcon: 1941 20 "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Rick Blaine Humphrey Bogart Casablanca: 1942 23 "There's no place like home."
Leading characters will have multiple close-ups. At the close of Sunset Boulevard (1950), the main character, a faded star under the delusion that she is making a triumphant return to acting, declaims melodramatically, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Close-up shots do not show the subject in the broad context of its ...
Pages in category "Films directed by William C. deMille" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Pages in category "Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .