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Sunset Boulevard (1950) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!! (Patreon)

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2026-06-27 16:17:19
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Sunset Boulevard (1950) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!

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Backlog Andy M.

Alot of slient movie stars appear in this!

Keith Brown

Classic Noir - Movies from the 1940's and 50's. Neo-Noir are movies like Chinatown(1974), Night Moves(1975, Harper(1966) and LA Confidential(1997) to name few .

Backlog Andy M.

Oh no i forgot it was Paramount 😬😬😬

Michael SCH

Max was played by Erich von Stroheim, also a director of note in the silent film era. If you want to try watching silent films, probably the most approachable ones are with Charlie Chaplin (City Lights, 1931), Metropolis (1927) or perhaps Nosferatu (1922). These will definitely be the oldest films you'll be watching on the channel, if that ever happens!

Birdie Num Num

still can't believe this is actually being reacted to! so excited! Some other trivia that you maybe didn't see when looking up the cast - Erich von Stroheim - who played Max - was also a famous silent film director. The clips they showed in the film of Norma in silent films were clips from a film he directed with Swanson called Queen Kelly(and Swanson got him fired from the film! ) The different levels this film was working on were insane, esp for its time. You can't overstate how influential this film was(American Beauty for example). Also this was a famous Broadway musical in the 90s with Glenn Close as Norma that won many Tony awards.

Brandon

Nancy Olson, who played Betty is still with us. She's almost 98 and last acted in 2014. Those were all silent film stars during the Bridge scene. Anna Q. Nilsson, H.B. Warner and Buster Keaton. All of them, like Gloria Swanson in real life, struggled with success after the end of the silent era. Cecil B. Demille also plays himself, of course. He and Gloria Swanson made 6 films together between 1919 and 1921. Buster Keaton in particular is one of my favorite comedic actors of all time. Hopefully you guys get in the mood to watch some silent comedy classics from Keaton like 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' and 'The General'. Some others from Charlie Chaplin like 'City Lights' or 'The Goldrush' would be great as well. Guaranteed to please, IMO. When you watch a few silent comedies you can really see where Looney Tunes got some of its inspriation. Keaton also had a legendary cameo in Chaplin's film 'Limelight' which is about an aging and washed up stage performer. Basically, there's a very deep rabbit hole of truly excellent films you guys could go down. 😁

Birdie Num Num

Re - Billy Wilder - he is considered one of the greatest directors of all time (and one of the first prominent writer/directors ). You've reacted to one of his other films - Stalag 17. His other big titles are Double Indemnity, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment. Some Like it Hot has been in some comedy polls. It also stars Marilyn Monroe(she was born in 1926, maybe you could give it a shot for her 100th birthday in August?)

Birdie Num Num

This is the 4th William Holden film on the channel(Stalag 17, Bridge on the River Kwai, Network), maybe time for a playlist?

Birdie Num Num

Nancy Olson who played Betty is still alive(age 97). She gave some interviews last year for its 75th anniversary(they are on youtube) She is still very sharp and had some great stories(William Holden's wife was on set for their kiss and was not pleased at how long the kiss was, haha)

Birdie Num Num

If you are a bit curious about the silent era(and struggles some stars had when transitioning to sound) maybe give Babylon a shot? Its a 2022 release starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, directed by Damien Chazelle of Whiplash and La La Land.

Marcus Cato

Not many movies are narrated from the POV of the murder victim. You can give yourselves a break for not getting it. 😂 I am still hoping for my all-time favorite William Holden anti-hero performance: The Wild Bunch (1968).

Keith Brown

Actor H.B. Warner(one of the card players) played Jesus Christ in the 1927 silent movie of King of Kings for director Cecil B. DeMille . He is probably best known to you as Mr. Gower the druggist in Frank Capra's 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life .

Look out, Arbogast!

I love the way Billy Wilder stages his films. There's something stage-like to his directing and it gets the best out of his actors. I read in his biography that Rod Serling was so mesmerized by Gloria Swanson's performance here, he wrote an entire Twilight Zone episode as tribute to this movie and her character.

Ellie Williams

Still the greatest movie about Hollywood ever? This movie is 72 years-old but it's just too relevant today. I mean Burt Reynolds was the biggest movie star in the world for 5 years. John Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor, they were huge stars. But I doubt anyone under 40 remembers who these people are. There was this 90s teen actor Jonathan Brandis who received 4000 fan letters per week, but once he hit 20, people didn't really care about him anymore. How do you go from ultra famous to just a regular person? And on the other side, there's the forever theme of how much will you compromise yourself for money. I still feel angry about the people who leeching off Matthew Perry during his last days. There's nothing tragic about being 50. Not unless you try to be 25.

Smooticus

Erich von Stroheim is in one of the best anti war films made, "Grand Illusion." Highly, highly recommended

kevin coleman

I think the movie very intentionally makes the identity of the murder victim a little murky at the beginning so even if you do think William Holden is the most likely suspect, it sows enough doubt to make you question it.

kevin coleman

I strongly recommend checking out one of Billy Wilder's comedies next. Different vibes but just as sharply written. "Some Like it Hot" and "The Apartment" are two of the greatest movies ever made, with the latter even winning Best Picture at the 1960 Oscars.

Brent bmc_comix

Great video guys! To be fair to Daniel, I was convinced for the first third that it might not have been Joe in the pool! I hadn't seen this before, it was fantastic! I had heard of this movie before, David Lynch apparently loves this film, (which is ironic because you brought up Mulholland Drive in the intro! Lol) had no idea how meta it was. Love it when these classic movies from the 50s-60s comment on old Hollywood. Another great movie that deals with the transition from the Silent era to Talkies (a more lighthearted approach 🙃) that I wanna recommend is Singin' in the Rain!

Abel Salas Jr

I dont know that I care too much for the characterization of a 50 year old woman as "old", thats a year younger than me, LOL. They didn't say her age until the end there and as theyre going through the movie im thinking shes in her late 60s or 70s the way people are saying "I thought she was dead." I guess it was relative to the time but still.