Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.

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Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.

Norma Desmond

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

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Topic

Celebrity Delusion

Genre

Film noir Drama (film)Drama

Medium

Film

Time

1950

Person

Norma Desmond

Provenance

Citation

Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

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Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up. — Norma Desmond

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