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Personal blog where I write on the life, career, activism and cultural impact of the incomparable #GloriaSwanson β€” Opinions expressed are my own 🎬

Sunset Boulevard
Joined July 2017
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Your week presented by... Gloria Swanson! 🎬 @KinoLorber @TCM #GloriaSwanson #SilentFilm
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Gloria Swanson - Edward Steichen
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Your week presented by... Gloria Swanson! 🎬 @KinoLorber @TCM #GloriaSwanson #SilentFilm
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Gloria Swanson and I think every day should be #NationalEspressoDay
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Gloria Swanson photographed by Eliot Elisofon amidst the ruins of the Roxy Theatre, 1960.
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One of our favorites @GloriousSwanson! More about our #film collection and a glimpse of vintage #GloriaSwanson in this footage: ransom.center/filmsizzle #Hollywood
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The coffin measures one-and-a-half feet long and is filled with sugar. Under the sugar was the word β€˜shalom’ written in Hebrew across a piece of newsprint. This was one of many pieces that Anger sent to Swanson, among which were voodoo dolls and mutilated photographs.
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β€œSalome -- what a woman! What a part! The Princess in love with a Holy man. She dances the Dance of the Seven Veils. He rejects her, so she demands his head on a golden tray, kissing his cold, dead lips.” β€” Norma Desmond, #SunsetBoulevard #Salome #GloriaSwanson @TCM
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Sculptor David EdstrΓΆm with Gloria Swanson, who modelled for his sculpture, THE LIVING SPHINX, 1923.
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What happened AFTER Sunset Boulevard was a hit in 1950? Find out the true, sordid story in @BoulevardDoc in a virtual or in-person screening at @aGLIFF. bit.ly/3jcztPP #gaydallas
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β€œβ€¦what happened to the would-be musicalΒ BoulevardΒ based on the filmΒ Sunset Boulevard…” Sabina Dana Plasse discovers the seamy side of the golden age of Hollywood in Boulevard! A Hollywood Story. filmthreat.com/reviews/boule… #SupportIndieFilm #BoulevardMovie #Documentary
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.@BoulevardDoc is our latest #moviereview for @BFFfestival! Read reporter @jennyrockstar's thoughts on the #documentary "Boulevard! A Hollywood Story" surrounding Gloria Swanson's attempt to turn the hit film #SunsetBoulevard into a #musical at starrymag.com/boulevard-a-ho…! #BFF2021
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At β€˜Boulevard! A Hollywood Story’ doc film premiere at OutFest, filmmakers describe importance of preserving your personal documents (digitally!?) so your story can be told and not forgotten. @BoulevardDoc @Outfest Viewers can vote for audience choice via @IMDb online voting
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#EmmyAwardWinning filmmaker @SchwarzJeffrey talks about his latest queer doc @BoulevardDoc a Hollywood Story having its World Premiere at @Outfest talks with Queerguru bit.ly/3ChciLH #automatpictures @filmcollab @ILoveGayMovies
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β€œHow many queer stories are buried in boxes, sitting in people’s attics & basements?” Emmy-winning filmmaker @SchwarzJeffrey speaks with @jameskleinmann about his latest doc premiering @Outfest Boulevard! A Hollywood Story #OutfestLA2021 @BoulevardDoc thequeerreview.com/2021/08/0…
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πŸŽ₯ BOULEVARD! A HOLLYWOOD STORY πŸ“† August 17 at 7:15 pm πŸ“ DGA 🎟 outfestla2021.com/boulevard-… Outfest alum Jeffrey Schwarz's amazing true story of Gloria Swanson's attempt to get a musical version of Sunset Boulevard made. #OutfestLA2021
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.@BoulevardDoc reveals the secrets behind #GloriaSwanson turning #SunsetBoulevard into a musical 🎞️ at @queerfilmfest bit.ly/2VWXB03 #VQFF
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