Erich von Stroheim plays the butler Max von Mayerling in this movie, whose narrator is initially hired to work on a version of Salome before becoming the protagonist's kept man.
This movie's opening was originally set in a morgue where a corpse talks to other dead bodies. This movie's narrator has a nightmare about an organ grinder after witnessing the midnight funeral of a pet chimpanzee. Buster Keaton appears in this movie as a member of the "waxworks" who play bridge with its main character, who attempts to seduce the narrator at a New Year's Eve party where he is the only guest. Erich von Stroheim plays the butler Max von Mayerling in this movie, whose narrator is initially hired to work on a version of Salome before becoming the protagonist's kept man. William Holden revived his career by playing this movie's character Joe Gillis, who is seen lying dead in a swimming pool in this movie's opening scene; after his death, the protagonist mistakes news cameras for movie cameras and proclaims "All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up." For 10 points, name this 1950 Billy Wilder movie about the silent movie star Norma Desmond, which is set on the title street.
This movie's opening was originally set in a morgue where a corpse talks to other dead bodies.
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