— February 1, 2010—
Ned Beauman’s Epitaph is a tribute to pioneers and heavyweights who died on this day in history, and the unexpected coincidences that bind them together
Sunset Boulevard poster, 1950
There's a famous scene in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard when Gloria Swanson's character, an aging silent film actress called Norma Desmond, sits down to a game of bridge with Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson and H. B. Warner, all playing themselves.William Holden's character, her young lover, describes them as “the waxworks.” After the first take of that scene was finished, Keaton, then 55, looked...
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