SUNSET BOULEVARD: 1950 (Available for streaming on Fandango at Home for $3.99 rental) Sunset Boulevard is a 75 year-old American dark comedy directed by Billy Wilder. Praised by many critics when first released, Sunset Boulevard was nominated for 11 Academy Awards (including nominations in all four acting categories) and won three. It is often ranked among the greatest movies ever made. The film stars Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who lives in a fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen and William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter. Joe moves into Norma's mansion at her insistence and sees that Norma refuses to believe that her fame has evaporated. Her butler, Max, secretly writes all of the fan mail she receives to maintain the illusion.  The street known as Sunset Boulevard has been associated with Hollywood film production since 1911, when the town's first film studio, Nestor, opened there. For people who love movies, occasionally watching old classics we do just for fun. Assigning a grade to an old classic is difficult and Barbara and have decided not to try. GRADE WORTH WATCHING