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* [[Executive Meddling]]: Probably for the better. The original cut of the film involved Joe's corpse talking to other corpses in the morgue, which made test audiences laugh uproariously.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Betty's fiance is [[Dragnet|Joe Friday]].
** Alongside all the silent movies stars "as themselves", Joe's friend Artie is played by Jack Webb, who had just begun to hit it big on the [[Police Procedural]] Dragnet. It's so weird to see that guy smile.
* [[Reality Subtext]]: Norma is played by Gloria Swanson, who was a silent film star, and worked with Cecil B. DeMille. Max is played by Erich von Stroheim, who was a silent film director.
** The movie that Norma and Joe watch together was comprised of footage of from [[Troubled Production]] ''Queen Kelly'' (1929) - directed by none other than Erich von Stroheim.
** And Cecil B Demille referred to Swanson as "young fella" when both were getting started in Hollywood.
** The Waxworks, of course, were real former Hollywood stars then considered has-beens, including Buster Keaton.
* [[Those Two Actors]]: After the success of the film, this was attempted with William Holden and Nancy Olson; they appeared in three further films together, but none of them was really successful.
* [[Typecasting]]: Filmmakers just [[Follow the Leader|rehashed Norma]] whenever they wanted to give Gloria a part in a film after that, and some people still confused Swanson with Desmond.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** Several other old-time stars were considered for the role of Norma Desmond including Pola Negri, Mary Pickford, and even Mae West. Montgomery Clift was originally cast as Joe Gillis, but pulled out - reputedly because he himself was [[Reality Subtext|dating a much older (and arguably washed up) singer at the time]].
** [[Stephen Sondheim]] began work on a musical version, before the release of Andrew Lloyd Webber's play. He abandoned the project due to Billy Wilder saying that he'd prefer a ''Sunset Boulevard'' opera to a musical.
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