EPISODE · Oct 12, 2025 · 59 MIN
Sunset Boulevard (Lux Radio Theatre)
from Tales of Suspense · host Random Acts
Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis (Wiliam Holden) has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) has become a sad recluse who lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. Convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return, Desmond invites Gillis to stay in her mansion to complete the script, forcing him to become involved and entangled in her demented life.Starring...Norma Desmond - Gloria SwansonJoe Gillis - William HoldenBetty Schaefer - Nancy GatesMax - John Wengraf The Lux Team:ANNOUNCER, John Milton KennedyHOST, William KeighleyLIBBY COLLINS, Hollywood reporterIRENE MARTIN, intermission guestBroadcast Sep 17 1951
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Sunset Boulevard (Lux Radio Theatre)
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